ABSTRACT
In the preceding chapters of Part II, we have examined models for characterizing the performance of ideal suspended growth bioreactors. Before those models can be used for design and evaluation of wastewater treatment systems, however, values must be available for the kinetic and stoichiometric parameters in them. Some of those values may be obtained from the literature or from experience with the particular wastewater to be treated. Generally, however, parameters must be evaluated experimentally during treatability studies. In this chapter, we will review procedures for evaluating the parameters in the models presented in Chapters 5-7.
