Aerobic granular sludge: Characterization, mechanism of granulation and application to wastewater treatment

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-152

  Gao, Dawen ^a,b   Liu, Lin ^a   Liang, Hong ^a   Wu, Wei Min ^c  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; biological wastewater treatment; sequencing batch reactor

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC GRANULATION; AEROBIC GRANULES; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; FULL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; GRANULATION MECHANISM; HIGH STRENGTH; LABORATORY SCALE; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ORGANIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PILOT SCALE APPLICATION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SELECTION PRESSURES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AEROBIC BACTERIA; BATCH REACTORS; GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; RECLAMATION; TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METAL ION;

BATCH REACTOR; DEGRADATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; REVIEW; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79952691500     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2010.497961     Document Type: Review

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