How volumetric exchange ratio and carbon availability contribute to enhance granular sludge stability in a fill/draw mode SBR treating domestic wastewater?

JA Xavier, LB Guimaraes, BS Magnus, WR Leite… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work evaluated the granulation process and the stability of aerobic granular sludge in a
pilot-scale reactor (1 m³), during a long-term operation (> 650 days) treating real low …

Operational variables and microbial community dynamics affect granulation stability in continuous flow aerobic granular sludge reactors

O Franchi, MI Álvarez, JP Pavissich, M Belmonte… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Retrofitting wastewater treatment plants with continuous aerobic granular sludge reactors is
a promising alternative to enhance treatment capacities and reduce footprint. This study …

Optimization of operation conditions for preventing sludge bulking and enhancing the stability of aerobic granular sludge in sequencing batch reactors

J Zhou, H Wang, K Yang, F Ma, B Lv - Water science and …, 2014 - iwaponline.com
Sludge bulking caused by loss of stability is a major problem in aerobic granular sludge
systems. This study investigated the feasibility of preventing sludge bulking and enhancing …

Effect of SBR feeding strategy and feed composition on the stability of aerobic granular sludge in the treatment of a simulated textile wastewater

RDG Franca, J Ortigueira, HM Pinheiro… - Water Science and …, 2017 - iwaponline.com
Treatment of the highly polluting and variable textile industry wastewater using aerobic
granular sludge (AGS) sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) has been recently suggested …

Granular stability, nitrogen and phosphorus removal pathways of aerobic granular sludge treating real municipal wastewater at different temperatures

YV Nancharaiah, M Sarvajith - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Variations in temperature (T) can affect the activity of microorganisms in aerobic granular
sludge (AGS) and biological wastewater treatment. Seasonal or diurnal fluctuations …

Enhancing robustness of aerobic granule sludge under low C/N ratios with addition of kitchen wastewater

L Wang, X Yu, W Xiong, P Li, S Wang, A Fan… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is one of the most promising biotechnologies for wastewater
treatment. However, the instability of AGS at low carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratios limited its …

[HTML][HTML] Does the feeding strategy enhance the aerobic granular sludge stability treating saline effluents?

P Carrera, R Campo, R Méndez, G Di Bella… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The development and stability of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) was studied in two
Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBRs) treating fish canning wastewater. R1 cycle comprised a …

Impact of feeding strategy on the performance and operational stability of aerobic granular sludge treating high-strength ammonium concentrations

VEPSG da Silva, SL de Sousa Rollemberg… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
We evaluated the impact of feeding strategy on the performance and operational stability of
aerobic granular sludge (AGS) treating high-strength ammonium concentrations. Synthetic …

Impact of food-to-microorganisms ratio on the stability of aerobic granular sludge treating high-strength organic wastewater

RA Hamza, Z Sheng, OT Iorhemen, MS Zaghloul… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
This work investigated the long-term stability of aerobic granular sludge treating high-
strength organic wastewater in a semi-pilot scale sequential batch reactor (SBR). The …

Strategies to improve aerobic granular sludge stability and nitrogen removal based on feeding mode and substrate

Q Yuan, H Gong, H Xi, H Xu, Z Jin, N Ali… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
A systemic strategy was proposed to improve aerobic granular sludge (AGS) stability and
nitrogen (N) removal efficiency by optimizing feeding mode and substrate aiming at …