Impact of extracellular polymeric substances on the settlement ability of aerobic granular sludge

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1601-1612

  Chen, Huan ^a   Zhou, Shungui ^b   Li, Tianhong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

aerobic granular sludge; LB EPS; settlement ability; stability; TB EPS

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; STABILITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; LB-EPS; MATRIX STRUCTURE; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; SETTLEMENT ABILITY; SHARP INCREASE; TB-EPS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

POLYMER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MATRIX; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYMER; SLUDGE; STABILIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649731707     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.482146     Document Type: Article

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