The EPS characteristics of sludge in an aerobic granule membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8046-8050

  Xuan, Wang ^a   Bin, Zhang ^b,c   Zhiqiang, Shen ^b,c   Zhigang, Qiu ^b,c   Zhaoli, Chen ^b,c   Min, Jin ^b,c   Junwen, Li ^b,c   Jingfeng, Wang ^b,c  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Environment and Health   (China)

^c Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; EPS; Membrane bioreactor; Particle diameter distribution; Sludge properties

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC GRANULES; DIFFERENT SIZES; EXTRACELLULAR; FILTERING PERFORMANCE; FILTERING PROPERTIES; FLOCCULENT SLUDGE; GRANULAR SLUDGE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; PARTICLE DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; SLUDGE CHARACTERISTICS; SLUDGE PROPERTIES; SMALL GRANULES;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERASE SUBSTANCE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; SEWAGE;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILTER; FLOCCULATION; FOULING; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE;

AEROBIC GRANULE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; HUMUS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENSION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEWAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77954537076     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.05.074     Document Type: Article

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