Characterization of multiporous structure and oxygen transfer inside aerobic granules with the percolation model

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8535-8540

  Liu, Li ^a   Sheng, Guo Ping ^a   Liu, Zhi Feng ^a   Li, Wen Wei ^a   Zeng, Raymond J ^a   Lee, Duu Jong ^b   Liu, Jun Xin ^c   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULES; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; GEL MATRIX; HYDRODYNAMIC REGIME; INTERNAL MORPHOLOGY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; MICROBIAL AGGREGATES; MULTIPOROUS STRUCTURE; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; OXYGEN TRANSFER; PERCOLATION MODELS; PORE DISTRIBUTION; POROUS STRUCTURES; STABLE OPERATION;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GAS ADSORPTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SOLVENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

GRANULATION;

OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATRIX; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; PERCOLATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; GEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; POROSITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 78449240735     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102437a     Document Type: Article

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