Comparison of two different anaerobic feeding strategies to establish a stable aerobic granulated sludge bed

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6423-6431

  Rocktaschel T ^a   Klarmann, C ^a   Helmreich, B ^a   Ochoa, J ^b   Boisson, P ^b   Sorensen K H ^c,d   Horn, H ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

^c Veolia Eau Compagnie Generale des Eaux   (France)

^d WABAG Wassertechnik AG   (Switzerland)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerobic granulation; Anaerobic mixing; Biological phosphorus removal; Nitrogen removal; PAOs; Plug flow

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY;

AEROBIC GRANULATION; BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; GRANULATED SLUDGES; GRANULATION PROCESS; LAB-SCALE SEQUENCING; PAOS; PLUG FLOW;

FEEDING;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MASS TRANSFER; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC MIXING PHASE; ANAEROBIC PLUG FLOW OPERATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEEDING; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPERATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; STABLE AEROBIC GRANULATED SLUDGE BED; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROBIC GRANULATION; ANAEROBIC MIXING; BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PAOS; PLUG FLOW;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84886288719     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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