Formation and characterization of aerobic granules in a sequencing batch reactor treating soybean-processing wastewater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2818-2827

  Su, Kui Zu ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MASS TRANSFER; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AEROBIC GRANULES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR (SBR); SOYBEAN;

WASTEWATER;

AEROBIC PROCESS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SETTLING VELOCITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; LIQUID; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE DENSITY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; FLOCCULATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POROSITY; SEWAGE; SOYBEANS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 17644396067     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048950y     Document Type: Article

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