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. 2015 Jul 22;5:12331. doi: 10.1038/srep12331

Table 1. Kinetic and stoichiometric parameters of the developed model.

Parameter Definition System I System II Unit Source
YAD yield coefficient for growth on SH2 0.00137 0.00137 kg COD g−1 H2 (1)
k1 Reaction rate on abiotic nitrate reduction 0.0015 0.137 d−1 estimated
k2 Reaction rate on Fe(0) corrosion 12.7 120 d−1 estimated
k3 Anoxic growth rate on NO3 and H2 1.28 1.28 d−1 (1)
pAD Endogenous respiration rate for AD 0.05 0.05 d−1 (1)
bAD Inactivation coefficient of AD 0.05 0.05 d−1 (1)
KFe(0) SFe(0) affinity constant for H2 production 911 911 mol m−3 (2)
KNO3,AD SNO3 affinity constant for nitrate reduction 0.18 0.18 g N m−3 (3)
KH2,AD SS affinity constant for H2 consumption 0.0018 0.0018 g H2 m−3 (4)
KI Inhibition constant on abiotic nitrate reduction 0.0084 7.1 kg COD m−3 estimated
fd Fraction of biomass that is biodegradable 0.8 0.8 (1)
a Constant, order for SNO3 1.5 1 estimated
b Constant, order for SFe0 2.7 0 estimated
c Constant for temperature kinetics 0.1 estimated
  Source: (1) Rittmann and McCarty21; (2) Xiao et al.22; (3) Kurt et al.23; (4) Smith et al.16