Granular activated carbon for aerobic sludge granulation in a bioreactor with a low-strength wastewater influent

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 276-283

  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

Aerobic granulation; Granular activated carbon (GAC); Low strength wastewater; Microbial community; Sequencing batch reactor (SBR); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MIXTURES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; EXPERIMENTS; LOADING;

AEROBIC GRANULATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; LOW STRENGTH WASTEWATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

GRANULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864753001     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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