Start up of a pilot scale aerobic granular reactor for organic matter and nitrogen removal

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 763-768

  Jungles, Mariele Katherine ^a,b   Figueroa, Mónica ^a   Morales, Nicolás ^a   Val del Río, Ángeles ^a   da Costa, Rejane Helena Ribeiro ^b   Campos, Jose Luis ^a   Mosquera Corral, Anuska ^a   Méndez, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Granulation; Organic loading rate; Pilot reactor

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; AEROBIC GRANULAR REACTOR; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC GRANULATION; AVERAGE DIAMETER; FLOCCULENT BIOMASS; GRANULAR SLUDGE; HIGH ACTIVITY; LABORATORY SCALE; ORGANIC CARBON SUBSTRATES; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; ORGANIC MATTER; PILOT REACTOR; PILOT SCALE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SETTLING TIME; SETTLING VELOCITY; START-UPS;

BATCH REACTORS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; LOADING; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACETIC ACID; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SLUDGE SETTLING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79953685893     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2589     Document Type: Article

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