Kinetics of Organic Biodegradation and Biogas Production in the Pilot-Scale Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) for Piggery Wastewater Treatment

Table 2

Summary of calculated kinetic coefficients and regression coefficients.

Models	K	KB	Umax	R^2	Conditions
1^st order	0.9144/day			0.84	178 days with 3 HTRs: 0.56, 0.37, and 0.3 day
2^nd order	0.7459 L/g			0.93
Monod	2.804/day			0.90	HRT 0.56 day
	3.248/day			0.40	HRT 0.37 day
	2.393/day			0.44	HRT 0.3 day
Stover–Kincannon		52.40 g/L day	82.65 g/L day	0.98	For all 3 HRTs (0.56, 0.37, and 0.3 day), 178-day operation