Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development

M He, Z Xu, D Hou, B Gao, X Cao, YS Ok… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Biochar, a carbon-rich material made from the partial combustion of biomass wastes, is an
emerging material of interest as it can remediate pollutants and serve as a negative carbon …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the state of development of aerobic granular sludge technology over the last 20 years: Full-scale applications and resource recovery

R Hamza, A Rabii, F Ezzahraoui, G Morgan… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aerobic granular sludge (AGS) biotechnology has gained increasing interest during the
past two decades as a potential replacement of the conventional activated sludge (CAS) …

Full scale performance of the aerobic granular sludge process for sewage treatment

M Pronk, MK De Kreuk, B De Bruin, P Kamminga… - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently, aerobic granular sludge technology has been scaled-up and implemented for
industrial and municipal wastewater treatment under the trade name Nereda®. With full …

Full-scale upgrade activated sludge to continuous-flow aerobic granular sludge: Implementing microaerobic-aerobic configuration with internal separators

C Yu, K Wang, K Zhang, R Liu, P Zheng - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) has been successfully used in sequencing batch reactors.
However, their application to existing continuous-flow systems remains challenging. In this …

Effect of EPS and its forms of aerobic granular sludge on sludge aggregation performance during granulation process based on XDLVO theory

Y Wang, J Wang, Z Liu, X Huang, F Fang, J Guo… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Stability of aerobic granules during long-term bioreactor operation

RDG Franca, HM Pinheiro, MCM van Loosdrecht… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Extraction of structural extracellular polymeric substances from aerobic granular sludge

S Felz, S Al-Zuhairy, OA Aarstad… - Journal of …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To evaluate and develop methodologies for the extraction of gel-forming extracellular
polymeric substances (EPS), EPS from aerobic granular sludge (AGS) was extracted using …

The mechanisms of granulation of activated sludge in wastewater treatment, its optimization, and impact on effluent quality

BM Wilén, R Liébana, F Persson, O Modin… - Applied microbiology …, 2018 - Springer
Granular activated sludge has gained increasing interest due to its potential in treating
wastewater in a compact and efficient way. It is well-established that activated sludge can …

[HTML][HTML] Limited simultaneous nitrification-denitrification (SND) in aerobic granular sludge systems treating municipal wastewater: Mechanisms and practical …

M Layer, MG Villodres, A Hernandez, E Reynaert… - Water research X, 2020 - Elsevier
Simultaneous nitrification-denitrification (SND) is, in theory, a key advantage of aerobic
granular sludge systems over conventional activated sludge systems. But practical …

Aerobic granular sludge: recent advances

SS Adav, DJ Lee, KY Show, JH Tay - Biotechnology advances, 2008 - Elsevier
Aerobic granulation, a novel environmental biotechnological process, was increasingly
drawing interest of researchers engaging in work in the area of biological wastewater …