Formation of aerobic granules for the treatment of real and low-strength municipal wastewater using a sequencing batch reactor operated at constant volume

Water Research

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 341-350

  Derlon, Nicolas ^a,c   Wagner, Jamile ^a,b   da Costa, Rejane Helena Ribeiro ^b   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerobic granules; Anaerobic feeding; Low strength municipal wastewater; Simultaneous fill draw; Wastewater upflow velocity

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; EFFLUENTS; FEEDING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; VELOCITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC GRANULES; ANAEROBICS; ANEROBIC FEEDING; LOW-STRENGTH MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SIMULTANEOUS FILL-DRAW; UPFLOW VELOCITY; WASTEWATER UPFLOW VELOCITY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUBSTRATE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84988000671     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.09.007     Document Type: Article

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