Effect of the food-to-microorganism (F/M) ratio on the formation and size of aerobic sludge granules

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2269-2276

  Li, An Jie ^a,b   Li, Xiao Yan ^b   Yu, Han Qing ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aerobic granulation; F M ratio; Microbial community; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC GRANULATION; AEROBIC SLUDGE; BACTERIAL SPECIES; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; GRANULE FORMATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MEAN DIAMETER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; START-UP STRATEGY; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GLUCOSE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

GRANULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80055025102     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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