Performance of a glucose fed periodic anaerobic ba

Performance of a glucose fed periodic anaerobic baffled reactor under increasing organic loading conditions 2. Model predictionPerformanceofaglucosefedperiodicanaerobicbaffledreactorunderincreasingorganicloadingconditions:2.ModelpredictionK.Stamatelatoua,L.Lokshinab,V.Vavilinb,G.Lyberatosa,*aDepartmentofChemicalEngineering,UniversityofPatras,1Karatheodorist.,26500Patras,GreecebWaterProblemsInstituteofRussianAcademyofSciences,Gubkinastr.bd.3,119991Moscow,RussiaReceived6June2002;receivedinrevisedform7October2002;accepted23October2002AbstractAmodelwasdevelopedfortheanaerobicdigestionofaglucose-basedmediuminaninnovativehigh-ratereactor,theperiodicanaerobicbaffledreactor(PABR).ThemodelconsiderseachPABRcompartmentastwovariablevolumeinteractingsections,ofconstanttotalvolume,onewithhighsolidsandonewithlowsolidsconcentration,withthegasandliquidflowsinfluencingthematerialflowsbetweenthetwosections.Forthesimulationofglucosedegradation,thebiomasswasdividedintoacidogenic,acetogenicandmethanogenicg