Anaerobic Treatment Kinetics: Discussers’ Report

A discussion of principles guiding the experimental elucidation of microbial growth and substrate utilization kinetics, and the development of mathematical models for anaerobic wastewater treatment systems, is presented. Recent developments in the areas of anaerobic treatment microbiology (including biomass characterization), biochemical mechanisms, microbial growth dyamics, reactor hydrodynamics, and mathematical modeling approaches are presented and explored.