Excessive precipitation of CaCO3 as aragonite in a continuous aerobic granular sludge reactor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 8225-8234

  Liu, Yong Qiang ^a   Lan, Gui Hong ^b   Zeng, Ping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic granules; Aragonite; Calcium carbonate; Continuous; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Polysaccharide; Precipitation; Protein

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE REACTORS; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC GRANULES; ARAGONITE; CONTINUOUS; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UTILIZATION RATE (SOUR);

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CALCIUM CARBONATE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ARAGONITE; BIOACTIVITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INSTRUMENTATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEIN; WASTEWATER;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTINUOUS AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE REACTOR; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DEGRADATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRECIPITATION; SLUDGE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84941178495     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6727-6     Document Type: Article

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