Endogenous processes during long-term starvation in activated sludge performing enhanced biological phosphorus removal

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1519-1530

  Lopez, C ^a   Pons, M N ^b   Morgenroth, E ^a,c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay; EBPR; Endogenous respiration; Lysis; Maintenance; PAO; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; MAINTENANCE; PHOSPHORUS;

DECAY; ENDOGENOUS RESPIRATION; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL (EBPR); LYSIS; POLYPHOSPHATE ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS (PAO); STARVATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GLYCOGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; MAINTENANCE; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SUBSTRATE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646085348     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.01.040     Document Type: Article

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