Granular activated carbon as nucleating agent for aerobic sludge granulation: Effect of GAC size on velocity field differences (GAC versus flocs) and aggregation behavior

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2015, Pages 358-363

  Zhou, Jia heng ^a   Zhao, Hang ^a   Hu, Miao ^a   Yu, Hai tian ^a   Xu, Xiang yang ^a,b   Vidonish, Julia ^c   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^c   Zhu, Liang ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory for Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety of Zhejiang Province   (China)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Flocs GAC coaggregation; Granular activated carbon (GAC); Hydraulic analysis; Nucleating agent

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; GRANULATION; VELOCITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; COAGGREGATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEATING AGENTS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHARCOAL; SEWAGE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FLOCCULATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; NUCLEATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SIZE EFFECT; SLUDGE; VELOCITY;

AEROBIC REACTOR; AEROBIC SLUDGE GRANULATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER; ZETA POTENTIAL; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOREACTOR; SEWAGE;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; CHARCOAL; SEWAGE;

EID: 84942517599     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.155     Document Type: Article

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