Performance of an anaerobic baffled filter reactor in the treatment of algae-laden water and the contribution of granular sludge

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-138

  Yu, Yaqin ^a,b   Lu, Xiwu ^a   Wu, Yifeng ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANCHENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Algae laden water; Anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR); Partial phase separation; Soft filler

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FILLERS; PHASE SEPARATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTOR; ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGAS PRODUCTION RATES; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; SOFT FILLERS;

LOADING;

ALGA; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FILTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; METHANOSAETA;

EID: 84893614379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w6010122     Document Type: Article

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