It is known that the use of batch experiments for the estimation of kinetic coefficients is a better alternative than continuous flow reactors, in terms of the time needed to perform the experiments. / In this study a new methodology to estimate the four Monod-kinetic parameters from batch reactor data set is presented. This method fits biomass and substrate plots simultaneously via nonlinear least-squares analysis. The nonlinear equations are solved via the secant method. / The methodology performed satisfactorily with two synthetic data sets. It was also applied to seven batch reactor data sets available in the literature and to ten data sets from batch experiments using wastewater and sludge from the municipality wastewater treatment plant in Granby, Quebec. The constants estimated vary considerable among themselves, and some were not within the range of values commonly found in the literature. The methodology proposed yields parameter estimates which produce the minimum sum of squares residuals. / It is believed that further studies are needed if one is to attempt estimating the four Monod-kinetics constants using batch reactors experiments.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.59832 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Villarreal Rodriguez, Marco Antonio |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Engineering (Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001168802, proquestno: AAIMM66445, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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