Effectiveness of an alternating aerobic, anoxic/anaerobic strategy for maintaining biomass activity of BNR sludge during long-term starvation

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2590-2598

  Yilmaz, Gulsum ^a   Lemaire, Romain ^a   Keller, Jurg ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Decay; EBPR; Nitrifier; PAO; Recovery; Starvation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECAY (ORGANIC); NITROGEN; OXIDATION;

AEROBIC BATCH TESTS; NITRIFIERS; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

AMMONIA; METAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECAY (ORGANIC); NITROGEN; OXIDATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIQUID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SLUDGE; STARVATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248655912     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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