Use low direct current electric field to augment nitrification and structural stability of aerobic granular sludge when treating low COD/NH4-N wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-144

  Huang, Wenli ^a   Wang, Wenlong ^a   Shi, Wansheng ^a   Lei, Zhongfang ^a   Zhang, Zhenya ^a   Chen, Rongzhi ^b   Zhou, Beibei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Shanghai Kexin Biotech Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic granules; Electric field; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Free ammonia; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BATCH REACTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; NITRIFICATION; POLYMERS; STABILITY;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC GRANULES; DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FREE AMMONIA; INTEGRITY COEFFICIENTS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC FIELD; GRANULAR MEDIUM; NITRIFICATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDACEAE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE DIGESTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84908206267     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.08.043     Document Type: Article

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