Improved biological phosphorus removal performance driven by the aerobic/extended-idle regime with propionate as the sole carbon source

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3868-3878

  Wang, Dongbo ^a,b   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Yang, Qi ^b   Zheng, Wei ^b   Wu, Yan ^a,b   Zeng, Tianjing ^b   Zeng, Guangming ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic extended idle process; Enhanced biological phosphorus removal; Polyphosphate; Propionate

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CARBON; CURRICULA; EFFICIENCY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC/EXTENDED-IDLE PROCESS; ANAEROBICS; BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL]; CARBON SOURCE; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROPIONATE; REMOVAL PERFORMANCE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

SUBSTRATES;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHATE; PROPIONIC ACID;

BIOMASS; GLUCOSE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOSPHORUS; SLUDGE; SUBSTRATE; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRANSFORMATION;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; ORGANISMS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84861720306     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.04.036     Document Type: Article

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