Fast formation of aerobic granules by combining strong hydraulic selection pressure with overstressed organic loading rate

Water Research

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 256-266

  Liu, Yong Qiang ^a   Tay, Joo Hwa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic granule; Hydraulic selection pressure; Long term stability; Organic loading rate; SBR; Start up

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; REACTOR STARTUP;

AEROBIC GRANULES; LONG TERM STABILITY; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; SBR; SELECTION PRESSURES;

LOADING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLOW PATTERN; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECT; STABILIZATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WATER FLOW;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FLUID FLOW; GROWTH CURVE; HEIGHT; HYDRAULIC SELECTION PRESSURE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDRODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEWAGE; TIME FACTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WASTE WATER;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84929626629     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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