Aerobic granulation for wastewater bioremediation: A review

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1045-1058

  Khan, Mohammad Zain ^a   Mondal, Pijush Kanti ^b   Sabir, Suhail ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerobic granules; Biodegradation; Cell immobilisation; Kinetics; SBR

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULATION; AEROBIC GRANULES; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; HIGH ORGANIC LOADING; NATURAL WATER BODIES; SBR; STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS; WASTE WATER BIOREMEDIATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYME KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 84877675499     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.21729     Document Type: Article

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