biodegradation kinetics of 4-nitrophenol (pnp) in aqueous solution by a gram negative soil bacterium, ralstoniaeutropha was firstly studied in a small scale batch reactor. the degradation of pnp was evaluated at initial pnp concentrations ranging from 3 mg/l to 14 mg/l. the rate of pnp consumption by the bacterium culture was modeled using monod and contois kinetics in batch condition. pnp degr...

microwave assisted fluidized bed drying is a novel drying technique which reduces drying time and yields higher quality products. in this study the effect of this method on color changes of whole and cut hazelnut kernels was investigated. the parameters of color and resulting total color change, chroma, hue angle and browning index were also calculated during drying in three temperatures (40, 5...

kinetic modeling is an important issue, whose objective is the accurate determination of the rates of various reactions taking place in a reacting system. this issue is a pivotal element in the process design and development particularly for novel processes which are based on reactions taking place between various types of species. the fischer tropsch (ft) reactions have been used as the kineti...

in this work, an unstructured-type mathematical model was developed to simulatecadmium (cd2+) removal by desulfovibrio alaskensis 6sr, which is a recently described sulfatereducing bacterium, whose capacity for removing heavy metals are being studied. three processesare considered in the model: 1) the sulfate reduction process, 2) the consumption of lactate ascarbon source, and 3) the metal rem...

in this work, an unstructured-type mathematical model was developed to simulatecadmium (cd2+) removal by desulfovibrio alaskensis 6sr, which is a recently described sulfatereducing bacterium, whose capacity for removing heavy metals are being studied. three processesare considered in the model: 1) the sulfate reduction process, 2) the consumption of lactate ascarbon source, and 3) the metal rem...

a mathematical model for commercial naphtha catalytic reformer of tehran refinery was developed. this model includes three sequencing fixed beds of pt/al2o3 catalyst at the steady state condition using detailed kinetic scheme involving 26 pseudo-components connected by a network of 47 reactions, in the range of c6 to c9 hydrocarbons. the reaction network consisted dehydrogenation, hydrogenation...

background: this study assessed the removal of organic material and nutrients from full-scale subsurface flow (ssf) constructed wetlands (cws) followed by anaerobic stabilization ponds under environmental conditions. methods: the effluents were distributed evenly in 12 reed beds. samples were taken twice monthly for a total of 6 months from several points in the wetland. biochemical oxygen dema...

objective(s): the quantitative calculation of release data is more facil when mathematics come to help. mathematically modeling could aid optimizing and amending the delivery systems design. aim of this study is to find out the isoniazid release kinetic. methods: in this work degradable temperature sensitive dextran-hydroxy ethyl methacrylate- poly-n-isopropyl acryl amide (dex-hema-pnipaam) nan...