Simultaneous nitrogen and organic carbon removal in aerobic granular sludge reactors operated with high dissolved oxygen concentration

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 142, Issue , 2013, Pages 706-713

  Di Bella, Gaetano ^a   Torregrossa, Michele ^a,b  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Feast famine; Granule size; Nutrient removal; SND process

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PROCESS CONTROL;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE REACTORS; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; FEAST FAMINES; GRANULE SIZE; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION;

GRANULATION;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGGREGATE; BIOREACTOR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIC CONDITIONS;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR;

EID: 84879840952     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.05.060     Document Type: Article

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