The competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long-term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2619-2626

  Liu, Yong Qiang ^a   Tay, Joo Hwa ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flocculent sludge; Granular sludge; Kinetic competition; Long term stability; Microbial community structure

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISMS; REACTION KINETICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE REACTORS; AEROBIC GRANULES; BIOMASS YIELD; CO-EXISTING; FLOCCULENT SLUDGE; GRANULAR SLUDGE; GRANULAR SLUDGE SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; LONG TERM STABILITY; LONG-TERM OPERATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROBIAL COMPETITION; OPERATIONAL STABILITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE; SETTLING TIME; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; STEADY STATE;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FLOCCULATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BREATHING; FLOCCULENT SLUDGE; KINETICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84871981155     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2012.673011     Document Type: Article

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