Is sludge retention time a decisive factor for aerobic granulation in SBR?

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 7672-7677

  Li, Yong ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Xu, Hailou ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aerobic granulation; SBR; Selection pressure; Sludge retention time

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; ELASTIC MODULI; FLUID MECHANICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRAULICS; PRESSURE;

AEROBIC GRANULATION; COMPARISON ANALYSIS; ELSEVIER (CO); HYDRAULIC SELECTION PRESSURE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR (SBR); SETTLING VELOCITIES; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME (SRT);

GRANULATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; OXIC CONDITIONS; SETTLING VELOCITY; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; VELOCITY;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 45449102642     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.01.073     Document Type: Article

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