Sludge cycling between aerobic, anoxic and anaerobic regimes to reduce sludge production during wastewater treatment: Performance, mechanisms, and implications

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 395-409

  Semblante, Galilee U ^a   Hai, Faisal I ^a   Ngo, Huu H ^b   Guo, Wenshan ^b   You, Sheng Jie ^c   Price, William E ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterial predation; Endogenous decay; Metabolic uncoupling; Oxic settling anaerobic; Sludge minimisation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; METABOLISM; MILITARY OPERATIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL PREDATION; ENDOGENOUS DECAY; METABOLIC UNCOUPLING; MINIMISATION; OXIC-SETTLING-ANAEROBIC;

LOADING;

CARBOHYDRATE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ANOXIC REACTOR; APOPTOSIS; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL METABOLISM; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; SLUDGE CYCLING; SLUDGE SETTLING; TANK; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84899065309     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.029     Document Type: Review

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