Comparison of some characteristics of aerobic granules and sludge flocs from sequencing batch reactors

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 403-411

  Li, J ^a   Garny, Kerstin ^a,b   Neu, T ^b   He, M ^a   Lindenblatt, C ^a   Horn, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerobic granules; Biofilm; Sequencing batch reactor; Sludge flocs

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DENITRIFICATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EFFLUENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; VOLUME FRACTION;

AEROBIC GRANULES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); SEQUENCING BATCH RESCTORS; SLUDGE FLOCS; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE (SOUR);

BATCH REACTORS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BATCH REACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EFFLUENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; VOLUME FRACTION;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEPARATION; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC FERMENTATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; GERMANY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFILAMENT; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RELATIVE DENSITY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE SETTLING; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; FLOCCULATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 34249747256     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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