Effect of rotifers on the stability of aerobic granules

Environmental Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-242

  Li, Z H ^b   Kuba, T ^b   Kusuda, T ^b   Wang, X C ^a  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Aerobic granule; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Rotifers; Stability

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DISINTEGRATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC GRANULES; AIR FLOW-RATE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; ROTIFERS; SEQUENCE BATCH REACTORS; SETTLING RATE; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX;

GRANULATION;

BATCH REACTORS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STABILITY;

AERATION; AIRFLOW; BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMER; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; ROTIFERA; SLUDGE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 33947428378     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332808618772     Document Type: Article

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