Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal in a Sequencing Batch Reactor Using Propionate as the Sole Carbon Source

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-67

  Pijuan, M ^a   Saunders, A M ^b   Guisasola, A ^a   Baeza, Juan Antonio ^a   Casas, C ^a   Blackall, L L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR); Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Modeling; Polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAO); Propionate; Volatile fatty acids (VFA)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOMASS; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORESCENCE; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; REACTOR STARTUP;

ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL (EBPR);

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; PROPIONIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORUS; PROPIONATES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

CANDIDATUS COMPETIBACTER PHOSPHATIS;

EID: 0347761255     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10813     Document Type: Article

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