Abstract
To understand nitrite build-up in the nitritation process, the inhibition kinetics of free ammonia (FA) on nitrite oxidation were investigated. FA inhibition on nitrite oxidation was the key factor of nitrite build-up and its type was mixed inhibition. Therefore, the mixed inhibition model should be adapted to a Michaelis-Menten equation to set up a process rate equation for nitrite oxidation in the nitritation process.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2021-2026 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Biotechnology Letters |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Enzymatic inhibition kinetics
- Free ammonia
- Michaelis-Menten equation
- Nitritation
- Nitrous acid