Drag coefficient of porous and permeable microbial granules

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1718-1723

  Mu, Yang ^a   Ren, Ting Ting ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

AEROBIC GRANULES; MICROBIAL GRANULES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DRAG; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; DRAG COEFFICIENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SETTLING VELOCITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

PERMEABILITY; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 40949125658     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702708p     Document Type: Article

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