Physicochemical characteristics of microbial granules

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1061-1070

  Liu, Xian Wei ^a   Sheng, Guo Ping ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic granule; Anaerobic granule; Hydrophobicity; Morphology; Permeability; Physicochemical characteristics; Porosity; Rheology; Settleability; Surface

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULE; ANAEROBIC GRANULE; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SETTLEABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; CAPILLARITY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ELASTICITY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTICITY; POROSITY; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; AGGREGATE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; EFFLUENT; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; POROSITY; RHEOLOGY; SLUDGE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOCCULATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FLOCCULATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 70349775677     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.05.020     Document Type: Review

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