Porous structure and spatial characteristics of aerobic granules

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 25-35

  Li, Z H ^a   Wang, X C ^a   Kuba, T ^b   Kusuda, T ^b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ash solid fraction; Calcium; Cryosection; EPS; Extracellular polymeric substances; Phosphorus removal; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GRANULAR MATERIALS; POLYMERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CRYOSECTION; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; METAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; POROUS STRUCTURES; SOLID FRACTION; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

GRANULATION;

CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; IRON; METAL; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CALCIUM; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYMER; POROUS MEDIUM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ASH; MICROORGANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952949212     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2011.039082     Document Type: Article

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