Optimal cultivation and characteristics of aerobic granules with typical domestic sewage in an alternating anaerobic/aerobic sequencing batch reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-129

  Su, Bensheng ^a   Cui, Xiaojiao ^b   Zhu, Jianrong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Water Simulation   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic granules; Domestic sewage; Optimal operation condition; PCR DGGE

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULATION; AEROBIC GRANULES; ANAEROBIC/AEROBIC; AVERAGE DIAMETER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); DOMESTIC SEWAGE; HIGH SLUDGE CONCENTRATIONS; OPTIMAL OPERATION CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL OPERATION STRATEGY; PCR-DGGE; PILOT SCALE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SLUDGE CONCENTRATION; SMALL PARTICLES; STABLE STATE; START-UPS; TP REMOVAL;

ELECTROPHORESIS; GRANULATION; LOADING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

BIOREACTOR; ELECTROKINESIS; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; DNA PRIMERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

EID: 84862808215     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.127     Document Type: Article

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