Robustness of sludge enriched with short SBR cycles for biological nutrient removal

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1969-1976

  Freitas, Filomena ^a   Temudo, Margarida F ^b   Carvalho, Gilda ^a,c   Oehmen, Adrian ^a   Reis, Maria A M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR); Glycogen accumulating organisms (GAO); Nitrogen removal; Polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAO); Temperature

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVE BIOMASSES; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVALS; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL (EBPR); ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVALS; GLYCOGEN ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS (GAO); N REMOVALS; P REMOVALS; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS (PAO); SBR SYSTEMS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SHOCK LOADS; SHORT CYCLES; SLUDGE AGES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOMASS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 57649105083     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.10.031     Document Type: Article

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