Where is the net growth of biomass (gCODX) and is the amount of removed X S substrate (gCODS) during the biological test. is by the mass balance between time 0 and the final time, as follows: S S = Sfed - Stub -Spol -Seff - Sbio where the following symbols indicate the amount of DMP fed to the bioreactor during the biological test (Sfed); in the liquid inside the tubing at the end of the testStub); sorbed by the polymer, measured by solvent extraction at the end of the test (Spol); in the effluent collected by the tubing from the beginning to the end of the test (Seff); in the liquid phase of the bioreactor at the end of the test (Sbio). while X has been calculated as follows = Vr [Xf X0] -Vr Xa X – ∙b ∙t ∙ where: Vr is the reactor volume; Xf is the final biomass concentration; X0 is the final biomass concentration; Xa is the average concentration of biomass referred to t; b is the endogenous coefficient; is the test duration time. t
Where X is the net growth of biomass (gCODX) and S is the amount of removed substrate (gCODS) during the biological test. S is by the mass balance between time 0 and the final time, as follows: S = Sfed - Stub -Spol -Seff - Sbio where the following symbols indicate the amount of DMP fed to the bioreactor during the biological test (Sfed); in the liquid inside the tubing at the end of the testStub); sorbed by the polymer, measured by solvent extraction at the end of the test (Spol); in the effluent collected by the tubing from the beginning to the end of the test (Seff); in the liquid phase of the bioreactor at the end of the test (Sbio). while X has been calculated as follows X = Vr [Xf – X0] -Vr ∙b ∙t ∙ Xa where: Vr is the reactor volume; Xf is the final biomass concentration; X0 is the final biomass concentration; Xa is the average concentration of biomass referred to t; b is the endogenous coefficient; t is the test duration time.
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