Anaerobic deflocculation and aerobic reflocculation of activated sludge

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 3933-3942

  Wilén, Britt Marie ^a   Keiding, Kristian ^b   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Anaerobic conditions; Bacteria; Deflocculation; Protein; Reflocculation; Shear forces; Temporal variation; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; FLOCCULATION; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PROTEINS; SEWAGE AERATION; TURBIDITY;

AEROBIC REFLOCCULATION; ANAEROBIC DEFLOCCULATION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLOCCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TECHNIQUE; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

EID: 0034333717     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00274-8     Document Type: Article

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