Characterisation of the granulation process during UASB start-up

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1573-1580

  Yan, Yue Gen ^a   Tay, Joo Hwa ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Bioparticle size distribution; Granulation; Maturation; Median diameter; Sludge loading rate (SLR); Specific granular growth rate by diameter (v( )); Specific methanogenic activity (SMA); Substrate sufficiency; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PEPTONE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREACTOR; GROWTH RATE; MEAT; METHANOGENESIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE SETTLING; SLUDGE STABILIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS MORHUA; METHANOSAETA;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GLUCOSE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; METHANOGENS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; STABILIZATION; SUBSTRATES;

SLUDGE LOADING RATE (SLR); SPECIFIC METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY (SMA); UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB) REACTORS;

GRANULATION;

EID: 0030616128     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00354-5     Document Type: Article

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