Process modeling can be applied to control and evaluate
the performance of the treatment plant, as well as
optimizing the plant design and scaling up the pilot
plant investigations [14]. Although different kinetic
models were used to study the substrate removal in anaerobic
biological process, modified Stover-Kincannon
and Grau second order models seem to be the best for
describing nitrogen removal [11-13].
The purpose of this research was investigating the application
of Anammox process in the upflow anaerobic
biofilm reactor for the treatment of synthetic wastewater
with high concentrations of ammonium and nitrite. Furthermore,
another purpose of this study was determining
the kinetics of the Anammox process by the modified
Stover-Kincannon and Grau second order models for
describing the nitrogen removal in upflow anaerobic biofilm
(UABF) reactor