This book describes a simplified approach to the modelling and process
design of a fixed bed hybrid bioreactor for wastewater treatment. In
this work a simplified model for hybrid bioreactor is developed to
determine output parameters like exiting substrate concentration in bulk
liquid, average substrate flux in the biofilm, effective and total
biofilm thickness. The model is based on mass balance of both
carbonaceous substrate and biomass under suspended and attached growth
simultaneously along with substrate mass transport into the biofilm. The
proposed model has also been validated with the results obtained from
experimental study with municipal wastewater considering as a low
strength wastewater with no inhibition. There is a flexibility of the
proposed model making it a versatile one to find out the exiting
substrate concentration both in hybrid bioreactor as well as in a
completely mixed biofilm reactor (CMBR). The book caters to academics
and practitioners working in the field of advanced wastewater treatment.