Filamentous and non-filamentous bulking of activated sludge encountered under nutrients limitation or deficiency conditions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 255, Issue , 2014, Pages 453-461

  Guo, Jianhua ^a,b   Peng, Yongzhen ^a   Wang, Shuying ^a   Yang, Xiong ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Filamentous bacteria; Filamentous bulking; Non filamentous bulking; Sludge settleability; Substrate storage

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; POLYMERS;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; FILAMENTOUS BULKING; NON-FILAMENTOUS BULKING; SLUDGE SETTLEABILITY;

NUTRIENTS;

EID: 84904104692     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.06.075     Document Type: Article

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