Modelling aerobic granular SBR at variable COD/N ratios including accurate description of total solids concentration

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-184

  Vázquez Padín, José Ramón ^a,b   Mosquera Corral, Anuska ^a   Campos, José Luis ^a   Méndez, Ramón ^a   Carrera, Julián ^b   Pérez, Julio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobic granulation; Biomass density; Mass transfer; Microbial kinetics; Solids concentration; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULATION; BIOMASS DENSITY; MICROBIAL KINETICS; SOLIDS CONCENTRATION; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ALKALINITY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; MASS TRANSFER; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ACCURACY; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; HETEROTROPHY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SOLID;

EID: 77549087410     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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