Substrate Reactor So (COD) (mg l-1) HRT (h) Kinetic Parameters Reference
    ks (d-1) m (d-1) n
Synthetic wastewater (Glucose and 2,4-DCP) UASB 2700-4000 2-20 0.26 0.01 0.03 Sponza and Uluköy (2008) (37ºC)
Synthetic Textil wastewaters UASB 4000-4500 6-100 0.33 0.56 1.09 Işik and Sponza (2005) (37 ºC)
Molasses UAF-UASB hybrid 2000-15000 12-48 10.81 0.03 1.19 Büyükkamacı and Filibeli (2002) (T, Room)
Slaughterhouse wastewaters UAF 6000-6500 24-48 0.89 1.10 1.03 Present research study (20ºC)
Slaughterhouse wastewaters UAF 6000-6500 24-48 5.31 0.35 1.15 Present research study (27.5ºC)
Slaughterhouse wastewaters UAF 6000-6500 24-48 15.72 0.06 1.22 Present research study (35ºC)
Table 4: Comparison between Grau model’s kinetic parameters cited in the literature and the ones obtained in the present research study.