Formation, characterization and mathematical modeling of the aerobic granular sludge

• Main Author: Ni, Bing-Jie. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, 131
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Waste disposal.; Biotechnology.; Environment.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31281-6

Aerobic granular sludge technology will play an important role as an innovative technology alternative to the present activated sludge process in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment in the near future. Intended to fill the gaps in the studies of aerobic granular sludge, this thesis compreh...

Table of Contents:

• Research questions and thesis overview
• Quantitative description of the sludge granulation process
• Autotrophic and heterotrophic growth in aerobic granular sludge
• Storage and growth processes in Aerobic granular sludge
• Formation processes of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)
• Fractionating and determination of the soluble microbial products (SMP)
• Fate of the microbial products in aerobic granular sludge
• Microbial products formation in autotrophic granular sludge
• Granulation in a pilot-scale SBR for treatment of municipal wastewater
• Startup of the anammox process by seeding aerobic granular sludge.