Optimization of operation conditions for preventing sludge bulking and enhancing the stability of aerobic granular sludge in sequencing batch reactors

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1519-1525

  Zhou, Jun ^a   Wang, Hongyu ^a   Yang, Kai ^a   Ma, Fang ^b   Lv, Bin ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Hydrophobicity; Operation parameters; Sequencing batch reactor; Sludge bulking; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LOADING; OXYGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STABILITY;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; OPERATION CONDITIONS; OPERATION PARAMETERS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SLUDGE BULKING; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

BATCH REACTORS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

AERATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROPHOBICITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SHEAR MODULUS; SLUDGE; SUBSTRATE; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE BULKING; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ZOOGLOEA; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84911382629     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.406     Document Type: Article

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