In this paper, biochemical process equations are presented as a basis for water quality modelling in rivers under aerobic and anoxic conditions. These equations are not new, but they summarise parts of the development over the past 75 years. The primary goals of the presentation are to stimulate communication among modellers and field-oriented researchers of river water quality and of wastewater treatment, to facilitate practical application of river water quality modelling, and to encourage the use of elemental mass balances for the derivation of stoichiometric coefficients of biochemical transformation processes. This paper is part of a series of three papers. In the first paper, the general modelling approach is described; in the present paper, the biochemical process equations of a complex model are presented; and in the third paper, recommendations are given for the selection of a reasonable submodel for a specific application.
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March 01 2001
River Water Quality Model no. 1 (RWQM1): II. Biochemical process equations
P. Reichert;
P. Reichert
1EAWAG, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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D. Borchardt;
D. Borchardt
2University of Kassel, Kurt Wolters-Str. 3, D-34215 Kassel, Germany
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M. Henze;
M. Henze
3Dept. of Environ. Sci. and Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Bld. 115, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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P. Shanahan;
P. Shanahan
4HydroAnalysis Inc., 481 Great Road, Acton MA 01720, USA
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L. Somlyódy;
L. Somlyódy
5Budapest University of Technology, Mügyetem rkp. 3, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
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P. Vanrolleghem
P. Vanrolleghem
6BIOMATH Department, Ghent University, Coupture Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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Water Sci Technol (2001) 43 (5): 11–30.
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P. Reichert, D. Borchardt, M. Henze, W. Rauch, P. Shanahan, L. Somlyódy, P. Vanrolleghem; River Water Quality Model no. 1 (RWQM1): II. Biochemical process equations . Water Sci Technol 1 March 2001; 43 (5): 11–30. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2001.0241
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