Measuring the activities of higher organisms in activated sludge by means of mechanical shearing pretreatment and oxygen uptake rate

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3993-4001

  Hao, Xiaodi ^a   Wang, Qilin ^a   Cao, Yali ^a   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Activity of higher organisms; Bacteria yeasts; Mechanical shearing; Oxygen uptake rate (OUR); Protozoa metazoa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISINTEGRATION; OXYGEN; PROTOZOA; SHEARING; YEAST;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DIFFUSION LIMITATIONS; FILAMENTOUS ORGANISMS; MECHANICAL SHEARING; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT METHODS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METAZOAN; PROTOZOAN; YEAST;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; METAZOON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SHEAR RATE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; YEAST CELL; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; FLOCCULATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; YEAST;

METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

OXYGEN; SEWAGE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CENTRIFUGATION; FLOCCULATION; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; YEASTS;

EID: 77953811462     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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