The influence of settling time on the formation of aerobic granules

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 195-202

  McSwain, B S ^a,b   Irvine, R L ^a   Wilderer, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerobic granules; DGGE; Extracellular polymeric substances; Sequencing batch reactor; Settling time

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; EXTRACTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ION EXCHANGE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS (SBR); SETTLING TIME;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CATION EXCHANGE RESIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC PROCESS; FLOCCULANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SETTLING VELOCITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; EXTRACTION; FLOW RATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STEADY STATE; THEORY; TIME;

EID: 11044226378     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0643     Document Type: Article

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