Fast granulation under extreme selection pressures and its formation mechanism

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1330-1338

  Zhang, Xing ^a,b   Liu, Yong Qiang ^b   Tay, Joo Hwa ^c   Jiang, Wen Ju ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic granules; Fast granulation; Mechanism; Selection pressures; Sequencing batch reactor (SBR)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDRODYNAMICS; OXIC CONDITIONS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REACTION RATE; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED LOAD; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 84877992312     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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