Cultivation of aerobic granules in a bubble column and an airlift reactor with divided draft tubes at low aeration rate

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Liu, Yong Qiang ^a   Tay, Joo Hwa ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aeration rate; Aerobic granules; Airlift reactor; Bubble column; DO concentration; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; STABILITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AERATION RATE; AEROBIC GRANULES; AIRLIFT REACTOR; BUBBLE COLUMN; DO CONCENTRATION;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

AERATION; AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOMASS; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE;

EID: 33847324949     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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