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Experimental Study of Biodegradation of Ethanol and Toluene Vapors

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NOMENCLATURE<br />

a – Interfacial area, m 2 /m 3<br />

C – Substrate or biomass concentration, C-mol/L<br />

C gin – The gas inlet concentration, mg/L<br />

C * L - The liquid equilibrium concentration calculated using the gas concentration data<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Henry’s constant, mg/L<br />

C L - The liquid concentration <strong>of</strong> the organic compound at any point in time, t, mg/L<br />

C - The maximum oxygen concentration in the liquid, mg/L<br />

*<br />

o 2<br />

D – dilution rate (flowrate/working volume), h -1<br />

d b – Gas bubble size, mm<br />

K – the amount <strong>of</strong> ATP needed for the formation <strong>of</strong> 1 C-mol biomass from precursors,<br />

C-mol<br />

k L a- overall mass transfer coefficient, s -1<br />

K s - The Monod half-saturation constant, mg/L<br />

m – Maintenance requirement for biomass growth, C-mol/c-mol h<br />

n – The power efficient in the inhibition model, dimensionless<br />

Q – Gas flowrate, L/h<br />

S – Substrate concentration, g/L<br />

S m – The maximum substrate concentration above which growth is completely<br />

inhibited, g/L<br />

t – time, minutes or hours<br />

V – Liquid working volume, L<br />

X – Biomass concentration, g/L<br />

y- gas phase concentration, C-mol/L<br />

Y x/s – Yield <strong>of</strong> biomass in grams per gram substrate consumed<br />

Y<br />

max<br />

- The maximal yield.<br />

Greek Symbol<br />

β – air stripping coefficients, h -1<br />

δ – P/O ratio<br />

φ - The flow <strong>of</strong> substrate or biomass into the system (C-mol/L h)<br />

ε – gas holdup, %<br />

θ – stoichiometric matrix for bioremediation reactions<br />

μ – specific growth rate <strong>of</strong> cells, h -1<br />

μ max - The maximum specific growth rate, h -1<br />

ν – reaction rates<br />

Subscript<br />

0 – initial concentration<br />

1,2,3,4 – reaction number<br />

b – benzyl alcohol<br />

bt – benzyl alcohol <strong>and</strong> toluene mixture<br />

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