Aerobic granule formation in a sequencing batch reactor treating newsprint effluent under low phosphate conditions

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2571-2578

  Liu, Jianrong ^a   Nguyen, David ^a   Paice, Michael ^a  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS); Newsprint effluent; Quorum sensing; Sequencing batch reactor (SBR)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONES; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC GRANULES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FILAMENTOUS BULKING; FLOC DENSITY; GRANULE FORMATIONS; ORGANIC LOADINGS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PHOSPHATE LIMITATION; PULP AND PAPER MILL; QUORUM-SENSING; RECEIVING WATERS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SETTLING TIME; SETTLING VELOCITY; SHEAR FORCE; SLUDGE YIELD;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; EFFLUENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; NEWSPRINT; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; POLYMERS;

BATCH REACTORS;

GALACTOSE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MANNOSE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PHOSPHATE; POLYMER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOSPHATE; POLYMER; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SLUDGE; SUGAR; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER POLLUTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLOCCULATION; PAPER INDUSTRY; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; PHOSPHATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BATCH PROCESS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; GRANULATION; GRANULES; NEWSPRINT; PAPER MILLS; POLYMERS;

EID: 78751539650     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.943     Document Type: Article

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