1. Exploring Kinetics of Phenol Biodegradation by Cupriavidus taiwanesis 187.
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Yu-Hong Wei, Wei-Chuan Chen, Shan-Ming Chang, and Bor-Yann Chen
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PHENOLS , *BIODEGRADATION , *POLYNOMIALS , *ENZYME kinetics , *ALGORITHMS - Abstract
Phenol biodegradation in batch systems using Cupriavidus taiwanesis 187 has been experimentally studied. To determine the various parameters of a kinetic model, combinations of rearranged equations have been evaluated using inverse polynomial techniques for parameter estimation. The correlations between lag phase and phase concentration suggest that considering phenol inhibition in kinetic analysis is helpful for characterizing phenol degradation. This study proposes a novel method to determine multiplicity of steady states in continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) in order to identify the most appropriate kinetics to characterize the dynamics of phenol biodegradation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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