Part I) Suspended growth advanced bioreactors    

Anoxic/Aerobic bioreactors for nitrogen removal

Advanced bioreactors for phosphorus removal

Aerated lagoons and wetlands

Part II) Attached growth and combined bioreactors                                        

Biofilm kinetics and aerobic biofilm processes

Trickling filters, Rotating biological contactors

Submerged attached growth, Fluidized-Bed Bioreactors

Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Process, UASB

Bubble column and Airlift bioreactors

Textbook:

Ref 1- Metcalf & Eddy Inc., G. Tchobanoglous, F. L Burton, H.D. Stensel, “Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Reuse”, McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2002. (Chapters: 8-11)

Ref 2-   B.E. Rittman, P. L. McCarty, “Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and   Applications”, Prentices-Hall, 2001. (Chapters: 4, 7, 8)

Useful References:

1. M.S. Cabral, M. Mota, J. Tramper, “Multiphase Bioreactor Design”, Taylor & Francis, 2001.
2. L. Shuler, F. Kargi, “Bioprocess Engineering”, 2^nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2002.
3. Villadsen, J. Nielsen, G. Liden, “Bioreaction Engineering Principles”, 3^rd Edition, Springer, 2011.
4. F. Stanbury, A. Whitaker, S.J. Mall, “Principles of Fermentation Technology”, 2^nd Edition, Butterworth Heinemann, 1999.
5. E. Bailey, D.F. Ollis, “Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals”, 2^nd Edition, McGraw- Hill, 1986.
6. L. Lehninger, D.L. Nelson, M.M. Cox, “Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry”, 6^th Edition, W.H. Freeman, 2013.
7. C. Flickinger, S.W. Drew, “Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology: Fermentation, Biocatalysis and Bioseparation”, Wiley, 1999.