Aerobic granulation for wastewater bioremediation: a review

MZ Khan, PK Mondal, S Sabir - The Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation releases numerous toxic compounds into natural
water bodies, polluting these pristine fresh water resources. This is a subject of great …

Effects of silver nanoparticles on microbial community structure in activated sludge

X Sun, Z Sheng, Y Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Due to the antimicrobial properties and the widespread use of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) in
commercial products, the prevalent Ag NPs in waste streams can decrease the effectiveness …

Aerobic granulation in a sequencing batch reactor using real domestic wastewater

J Wagner, RHR da Costa - Journal of environmental engineering, 2013 - ascelibrary.org
Aerobic granulation has been extensively investigated in recent decades but most
researchers have focused their studies on granule formation in laboratory-scale reactors …

Operation of an aerobic granular pilot scale SBR plant to treat swine slurry

N Morales, M Figueroa, A Fra-Vázquez, AV Del Río… - Process …, 2013 - Elsevier
A pilot-scale Sequencing Batch Reactor was operated during 307 days in order to treat
swine slurry characterized by its high variable composition: organic and nitrogen applied …

Simulation of the performance of aerobic granular sludge SBR using modified ASM3 model

M Zhou, J Gong, C Yang, W Pu - Bioresource Technology, 2013 - Elsevier
The activated sludge model No. 3 (ASM3) was modified to describe the biological reactions
in aerobic granular sludge SBR. The simultaneous storage and growth, nitrification and …

Effect of N-acy-l-homoserine lactones-like molecules from aerobic granules on biofilm formation by Escherichia coli K12

T Ren, X Li, H Yu - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
A laboratory study was conducted to investigate the production of quorum sensing (QS)
molecules by aerobic granules in membrane-partitioned bioreactor. Flow-chamber (FC) …

Modeling and optimization of granulation process of activated sludge in sequencing batch reactors

KZ Su, BJ Ni, HQ Yu - Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aerobic granulation is a promising process for wastewater treatment, but this granulation
process is very complicated and is affected by many factors. Thus, a mathematical model to …

Granulation of activated sludge in a continuous flow airlift reactor by strong drag force

D Zhou, M Liu, J Wang, S Dong, N Cui… - Biotechnology and …, 2013 - Springer
Most aerobic granule cultivation has been based on the sequencing batch reactor (SBR)
and then the factors that affect aerobic granulations were developed in the SBR. However …

Drying and re-cultivation of aerobic granules

Y Lv, C Wan, X Liu, Y Zhang, DJ Lee, JH Tay - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
Aerobic granules stored in liquid medium can lose structural integrity during storage. This
study demonstrated that the aerobic granules cultivated by seeding activated sludge into …

Enhanced aerobic granulation and nitrogen removal by the addition of zeolite powder in a sequencing batch reactor

D Wei, X Xue, S Chen, Y Zhang, L Yan, Q Wei… - Applied microbiology and …, 2013 - Springer
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of zeolite powders on feasibility of rapid
aerobic granulation in the column-type sequencing batch reactors. After 90 days' operation …