Rheological and fractal hydrodynamics of aerobic granules

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 186, Issue , 2015, Pages 276-285

  Tijani, H I ^a   Abdullah, N ^a   Yuzir, A ^b   Ujang, Zaini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Universiti Tteknologi Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^c Ministry of Education   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aerobic granulation; Aggregation; Fractal dimension; Palm oil mill effluent; Settling

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRACTALS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PALM OIL; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROBIC GRANULATION; CLUSTER-CLUSTER AGGREGATION; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATIONS; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SETTLING; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PALM OIL; PROTEIN AGGREGATE; VEGETABLE OIL; WASTE WATER;

AGGREGATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CORRELATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SIMULATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL GRANULE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; IMMOBILIZED CELL; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOFILMS; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOCCULATION; FRACTALS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PLANT OILS; RHEOLOGY; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84925760653     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.02.107     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Abdullah N., Ujang Z., Yahya A. Aerobic granular sludge formation for high strength agro-based wastewater treatment. Bioresour. Technol. 2011, 102:6778-6781.
2. Abdullah N., Yuzir A., Curtis T.P., Yahya A., Ujang Z. Characterization of aerobic granular sludge treating high strength agro-based wastewater at different volumetric loadings. Bioresour. Technol. 2013, 127:181-187.
3. Chaignon V., Lartiges B.S., Samrani A.E., Mustin C. Evolution of size distribution and transfer of mineral particles between flocs in activated sludges: an insight into floc exchange dynamics. Water Res. 2002, 36:676-684.
4. Chiu Z.C., Chen M.Y., Lee D.J., Wang C.H., Lai J.Y. Oxygen diffusion and consumption in active aerobic granules of heterogeneous structure. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2007, 75:685.
5. Chiu Z.C., Chen M.Y., Lee D.J., Wang C.H., Lai J.Y. Oxygen diffusion in active layer of aerobic granule with step change in surrounding oxygen levels. Water Res. 2007, 41:884.
6. de Kreuk M.K., Pronk M., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Formation of aerobic granules and conversion processes in an aerobic granular sludge reactor at moderate and low temperatures. Wat. Res. 2005, 39:4476-4484.
7. Gao, Z.N., Li, Y.M. (2011). Impact of Size Fractal Distribution on Flow Behavior of Granular Flow System. Computer Distributed Control and Intelligent Environmental Monitoring (CDCIEM). 2011 International Conference, 1545-1548.
8. Gorczyca B., Ganczarczyk J.J. Fractal analysis of pore distributions in alum coagulation and activated sludge flocs. Water Qual. Res. J. 2001, 36:687-700.
9. Jackson G.A. Using fractal scaling and two-dimensional particle size spectra to calculate coagulation rates for heterogeneous systems. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 1998, 20:202.
10. Jarvis P., Jefferson B., Gregory J., Parsons S.A. A review of floc strength and breakage. Water Res. 2005, 39:3121-3137.
11. Jiang Q., Logan B.E. Fractal dimension of aggregates determined from steady-state size distributions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1991, 25:2031-2038.
12. Johnson C.P., Li X.Y., Logan B.E. Settling velocities of fractal aggregates. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1996, 30:1911-1918.
13. Li D.H., Ganczarczyk J.J. Fractal geometry of particle aggregates generated in water and wastewater treatment processes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1989, 25:1385-1389.
14. Li X.Y., Leung R.P.C. Determination of the fractal dimension of microbial flocs from the change in their size distribution after breakage. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39(8):2731-2735.
15. Li X.Y., Logan B.E. Collision frequencies between fractal aggregates and small particles by differential sedimentation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1997, 31:1229-1236.
16. Li X.Y., Logan B.E. Permeability of fractal aggregates. Wat. Res. 2001, 35:3373-3380.
17. Li X.Y., Yang S.F. Influence of loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on the flocculation, sedimentation and dewaterability of activated sludge. Water Res. 2007, 41(5):1022-1030.
18. Li X.Y., Yuan Y. Settling velocities and permeabilities of microbial aggregates. Water Res. 2002, 36:3110-3120.
19. Li X.Y., Yuan Y., Wang H.W. The hydrodynamics of biological aggregates of different sludge ages: an insight into the mass transport mechanisms of bioaggregates. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37:292-299.
20. Lin Y.M., Liu Y., Tay J.H. Development and characteristics of phosphorous-accumulating granules in sequencing batch reactor. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2003, 62:430-435.
21. Liu Y., Tay J.H. State of the art of biogranulation technology for wastewater treatment. Biotechnol. Adv. 2004, 22(7):533-563.
22. Logan B.E., Kilps J.R. Fractal dimensions of aggregates formed in different fluid mechanical environments. Water Res. 1995, 29:443-453.
23. Logan B.E., Wilkinson D.B. Fractal dimensions and porosities of Zoogloea ramigera and Saccharomyces cerevisae aggregates. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 1991, 38(4):389-396.
24. Maggi F. Variable fractal dimension: a major control for floc structure and flocculation kinematics of suspended cohesive sediment. J. Geophys. Res. 2007, 112:C07012. 10.1029/2006JC003951.
25. Mohammed J.N., Abubakar B.M., Yusuf H., Sulaiman M., Saidu H., Idris A., Tijani H.I. Bacterial biofilm: a major challenge of catheterization. J. Microbiol. Res. 2013, 3(6):213-223. 10.5923/j.microbiology.20130306.04.
26. Seyssiecq I., Ferrasse J.H., Roche N. State-of-the-art: rheological characterization of wastewater treatment sludge. Biochem. Eng. J. 2003, 16:41-56.
27. Tay S.T.L., Ivanov V., Yi S., Zhuang W.Q., Tay J.H. Presence of anaerobic Bacteroides in aerobically grown microbial granules. Microb. Ecol. 2002, 44(3):278-285.
28. Tay J.H., Pan S.H., He Y., Tay S.T.L. Effect of organic loading rate on aerobic granulation II - characteristics of aerobic granules. J. Environ. Eng. 2004, 130(10):1102-1109.
29. Wang Z.W., Liu Y., Tay J.H. Distribution of EPS and cell surface hydrophobicity in aerobic granules. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2005, 69:469-473.
30. Wu R.M., Lee D.J. Hydrodynamic drag force exerted on a moving floc and its implication to free-settling tests. Water Res. 1998, 32:760-768.
31. Xiao F., Yang S.F., Li X.Y. Physical and hydrodynamic properties of aerobic granules produced in sequencing batch reactors. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2008, 63(3):634-641.
32. Yang Z., Peng X.F., Lee D.J., Ay S. Advective flow in spherical floc. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2007, 308:451-459.
33. Zhang J.J., Li X.Y. Modeling particle-size distribution dynamics in a flocculation system. AIChE J. 2003, 49:1870-1882.
34. Zhang J.J., Li X.Y., Oh S.E., Logan B.E. Physical and hydrodynamic properties of flocs produced during biological hydrogen production. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2004, 88:854-860.