The effect of continuous exposure of copper on the properties and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of bulking activated sludge

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1567-1573

  Li, Jia ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Ramsay, Juliana ^b   Yao, Chenchao ^a   Dai, Ruihua ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulking sludge; Copper; Dewatering property; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Settling property

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; COPPER; DNA; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COPPER; DEWATERING; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; INHIBITION; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SETTLING VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; COPPER; DNA; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; SEWAGE; SODIUM BENZOATE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 80053994857     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0492-6     Document Type: Article

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