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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes during conventional and additional treatment technologies in wastewater treatment plants

NA Sabri, S Van Holst, H Schmitt… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on the removal of antibiotics and ARGs in full-scale WWTPs (with or
without additional treatment technology) is limited. However, it is important to understand the …

Composition and functional group characterization of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in activated sludge: the impacts of polymerization degree of …

BB Wang, XT Liu, JM Chen, DC Peng, F He - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Characteristics of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in activated sludge strongly
depend on wastewater substrates. Proteinaceous substrates (ProS) present in …

Reviewing bottlenecks in aerobic granular sludge technology: Slow granulation and low granular stability

H Lin, R Ma, Y Hu, J Lin, S Sun, J Jiang, T Li… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The long granulation time and instability of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) have restricted its
large-scale application significantly. The objective of this review is to discuss the recent …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Organic substrate diffusibility governs microbial community composition, nutrient removal performance and kinetics of granulation of aerobic granular sludge

M Layer, A Adler, E Reynaert, A Hernandez, M Pagni… - Water research X, 2019 - Elsevier
Basic understanding of formation of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) has mainly been derived
from lab-scale systems with simple influents containing only highly diffusible volatile fatty …

Formation of aerobic granules for the treatment of real and low-strength municipal wastewater using a sequencing batch reactor operated at constant volume

N Derlon, J Wagner, RHR da Costa, E Morgenroth - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
This study aimed at evaluating the formation of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) for the
treatment of real and low-strength municipal wastewater using a column sequencing batch …

Effect and behaviour of different substrates in relation to the formation of aerobic granular sludge

M Pronk, B Abbas, SHK Al-Zuhairy, R Kraan… - Applied microbiology …, 2015 - Springer
When aerobic granular sludge is applied for industrial wastewater treatment, different
soluble substrates can be present. For stable granular sludge formation on volatile fatty …