EPS—then and now

HC Flemming - Microorganisms, 2016 - mdpi.com
“Slime” played a brief and spectacular role in the 19th century founded by the theory of
primordial slime by Ernst Haeckel. However, that substance was never found and eventually …

An integrative review of granular sludge for the biological removal of nutrients and recalcitrant organic matter from wastewater

MKH Winkler, C Meunier, O Henriet, J Mahillon… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Granular sludge aggregates are particular types of biofilms that display significantly different
metrics and physical-chemical characteristics than activated sludge flocs. The efficiency of …

Worldwide research progress and trend in sludge treatment and disposal: A bibliometric analysis

L Li, Y Hua, S Zhao, D Yang, S Chen… - ACS ES&T …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a byproduct of sewage treatment in wastewater treatment plants, sludge has dual
attributes with pollution and resource, and its research is important to ecological …

Critical analysis of biomass retention strategies in mainstream and sidestream ANAMMOX-mediated nitrogen removal systems

K Kosgey, K Chandran, J Gokal… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
ANAMMOX (anaerobic ammonium oxidation) represents an energy-efficient process for
biological nitrogen removal, particularly from wastewater streams with low chemical oxygen …

Hydroxyapatite crystallization-based phosphorus recovery coupling with the nitrogen removal through partial nitritation/anammox in a single reactor

Y Guo, YY Li - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
For digestion effluent treatment, while the anammox-based process has been successfully
applied for nitrogen removal, in most cases, phosphorus (P) represents another major …

Formation, application, and storage-reactivation of aerobic granular sludge: a review

C Wan, L Fu, Z Li, X Liu, L Lin, C Wu - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
It was an important discovery in wastewater treatment that the microorganisms in the
traditional activated sludge can form aerobic granular sludge (AGS) by self-aggregation …

Full-scale aerobic granular sludge for municipal wastewater treatment–granule formation, microbial succession, and process performance

J Ekholm, F Persson, M de Blois, O Modin… - … : Water Research & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) plants have gained growing interest and application due to
their low energy demand, small footprint, and low operational costs. However, the fulfilment …

Encapsulation of bacteria in different stratified extracellular polymeric substances and its implications for performance enhancement and resource recovery

P Zhao, S Zhao, HG Wang, M Lu, ZH Li - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Simultaneous recovery of biopolymers and enhanced bio-reactor performance are
promising options for sustainable wastewater treatment, and the bioactivity of sludge after …

Seawater-based wastewater accelerates development of aerobic granular sludge: A laboratory proof-of-concept

X Li, J Luo, G Guo, HR Mackey, T Hao, G Chen - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop an aerobic granular sludge process for the efficient treatment of
highly saline wastewater and understand the granulation process in a seawater-based multi …

Aerobic granular sludge: Impact of size distribution on nitrification capacity

BN Quoc, S Wei, M Armenta, R Bucher… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The relationship between ammonia oxidation rate, nitrifiers population, and modelled
aerobic zone volume in different granule sizes was investigated using aerobic granular …