Many microorganisms live in the form of a biofilm. Although they are feared in the medical
sector, biofilms that are composed of non-pathogenic organisms can be highly beneficial in …

Aerobic granular sludge technology has been extensively studied over the past 20 years
and is regarded as the upcoming new standard for biological treatment of domestic and …

Recently, aerobic granular sludge technology has been scaled-up and implemented for
industrial and municipal wastewater treatment under the trade name Nereda®. With full …

Different forms of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) play different roles in the
formation process of aerobic granular sludge (AGS). This work focused on the contribution of …

Biological wastewater treatment removes organic materials, nitrogen, and phosphorus from
wastewater using microbial biomass (activated sludge, biofilm, granules) which is separated …

Aerobic granulation, a novel environmental biotechnological process, was increasingly
drawing interest of researchers engaging in work in the area of biological wastewater …

Aerobic granular sludge technology offers a possibility to design compact wastewater
treatment plants based on simultaneous chemical oxygen demand (COD), nitrogen and …

There have been many important milestones on humanity's long journey towards achieving
environmental sanitation. In particular, the development of the activated sludge system can …

A full-scale (FS) activated sludge system treating wastewater from a meat rendering plant
with a long history of sludge management problems (pin-point flocs;> 80% of floc< 50 μm …

In the wake of the success of aerobic granulation in sequential batch reactors (SBRs) for
treating wastewater, attention is beginning to turn to continuous flow applications. This is a …