Mass transfer impacts in flocculent and granular biomass from SBR systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 203-212

  Gapes, Daniel ^a,b   Wilén, Britt Marie ^a,c   Keller, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological aggregates; Flocs; Granules; Mass transfer; Off gas analysis; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; FLOCCULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROELECTRODES; NITRIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; GRANULAR BIOMASS; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE (OUR); SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS (SBR); TITRIMETRIC AND OFF-GAS (TOGA) ANALYSIS SENSORS;

MASS TRANSFER;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; FLOCCULANT; MASS TRANSFER; NITRIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODE; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSOR; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 11044221896     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0645     Document Type: Article

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