This paper presents the kinetic analysis, using Generalized Power-Law equations to describe the results of an experimental investigation conducted on a batch submerged biofilm reactor for phosphorus removal under an anaerobic/aerobic cycle. The observed rates and amounts of phosphorus release and organic substrate uptake in the anaerobic phase leads to a kinetic model in which these two variables are dependent on each other with a non-linear behaviour and reach equilibrium values in both cases, at different times and are function of rate constants ratio.

The model has a good fit with experimental data except for C uptake at anaerobic contact times longer than four hours, where other kinetics are implied.

Kinetic parameters were obtained with different initial substrate concentrations, anaerobic contact cycles, and type of substrates.

Phosphorus release, kinetics, anaerobic, biofilm reactor, models, acetate, glucose, peptone, initial substrate concentration, length of cycle
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