Research advances in aerobic granular sludge

Huanjing Kexue Xuebao / Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 449-473

  Wang, Jianlong ^a   Zhang, Zijian ^a   Wu, Weiwei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Granulation; Influencing factor; Mechanism; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; AEROBIC GRANULATIONS; AEROBIC GRANULES; ANAEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CELL SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITIES; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FEEDING MODES; FULL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; GRANULAR SLUDGES; GRANULATION MECHANISMS; HEAVY-METAL IONS; HYDRODYNAMIC SHEAR FORCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENTS; INFLUENCING FACTOR; LABORATORY STUDIES; LONG-TERM STABILITIES; MACRO-SCALE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL AGGREGATES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITIES; MICROBIAL METABOLISMS; MORPHOLOGY AND SIZES; MUNICIPAL SEWAGES; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OPERATIONAL PERIODS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; ORGANICS; REACTOR CONFIGURATIONS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS; SELF IMMOBILIZATIONS; SETTLING TIME; UP-SCALING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

APPLICATIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSORPTION; CELL MEMBRANES; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; METABOLISM; METAL IONS; METAL RECOVERY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEWAGE; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ELECTRON; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SLUDGE; SORPTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 63549125808     PISSN: 02532468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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