Effect of organic loading rate on aerobic granulation. II: Characterisctics of aerobic granules

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1102-1109

  Tay, Joo Hwa ^a   Pan, Shun ^a   He, Yanxin ^a   Tay, Stephen Tiong Lee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aerobic treatment; Biofilm; Biomass; Organic loads; Sludge; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

AEROBIC GRANULATION; AMORPHOUS FLOCS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD); ORGANIC LOADING RATE (OLR);

GRANULATION;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; GRANULATION; ORGANIC MATTER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 8744299133     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2004)130:10(1102)     Document Type: Article

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