Enhancing aerobic granulation for biological nutrient removal from domestic wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-108

  Coma, M ^a,b   Verawaty, M ^a   Pijuan, M ^a,b   Yuan, Z ^a   Bond, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Biological nutrient removal; Domestic wastewater; Nitrite inhibition; Seed sludge

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; NITRITE INHIBITION; SEED SLUDGE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BATCH REACTORS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; DOMESTIC WASTE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; INHIBITOR; NITRITE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER;

AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; INOCULATION; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FLOCCULATION; GLYCOGEN; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 82955162566     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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