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ArticleWater environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation2026

Decoupling Dissolution and Biological Kinetics in Polycaprolactone-Based Denitrification: Direct Determination of Yield and Maximum Specific Growth Rate.

Dorsa Barkhordari, Jithin Mathew, Basem Haroun, Lars Rehmann, Sudhir Murthy, Tanush Wadhawan, Domenico Santoro

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Article in Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Dorsa BarkhordariDepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Thompson Engineering Building, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Jithin MathewWater Research Center, Lambton College, Sarnia, ON, Canada.
Basem HarounDepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Thompson Engineering Building, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Lars RehmannDepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Thompson Engineering Building, Western University, London, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3463-6405
Sudhir MurthyNEWhub Water Corporation, Herndon, Virginia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0316-9023
Tanush WadhawanDynamita SAS, Sigale, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5159-1002
Domenico SantoroDepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Thompson Engineering Building, Western University, London, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9561-4894

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solid-phase denitrification using biodegradable polymers such as polycaprolactone (PCL) is increasingly proposed as a sustainable alternative to conventional soluble carbon dosing. However, reported kinetic and stoichiometric parameters for PCL-based systems are often confounded by mass-transfer and dissolution limitations, hindering accurate determination of biological kinetics. In this study, the dissolution step was explicitly decoupled from microbial growth by presolubilizing PCL prior to use, enabling the direct experimental determination of biomass yield (Y) and maximum specific growth rate (μ

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DenitrificationPolyestersBiomassBioreactorsKineticspolycaprolactonePolyestersbiodegradable polymersbiomass yielddenitrificationmaximum specific growth ratepolycaprolactonesolid‐phase carbon source

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PMID42270136
PMCPMC13253049

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