The competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long-term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor
The long-term operational stability of aerobic granular sludge reactor was investigated in this study. It was found that the fraction of flocculent sludge fluctuated from 5 to 35%, even with a settling time of less than 5 minutes and manual discharge of flocculent sludge during a steady state of mor...
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| author | Liu, Yong-Qiang. Tay, Joo Hwa. |
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| description | The long-term operational stability of aerobic granular sludge reactor was investigated in this study. It was found that the fraction of flocculent sludge fluctuated from 5 to 35%, even with a settling time of less than 5 minutes and manual discharge of flocculent sludge during a steady state of more than 400 days. Although the microbial community structure of flocculent sludge was similar to that of granular sludge co-existing in the reactor, the specific growth rate, the observed biomass yield and the specific oxygen consumption rate of flocculent sludge were much higher than those of granular sludge with identical microbial community structures. Therefore, the presence of flocculent sludge in the granular sludge reactor is mainly because of the kinetic superiority of flocculent sludge over granular sludge, rather than microbial competition. Increasing mass transfer in the feast period or discharging excess flocculent sludge could enhance the growth of granular sludge and improve the stability of the long-term operation of the granular sludge reactor. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/987562020-03-07T12:48:42Z The competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long-term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor Liu, Yong-Qiang. Tay, Joo Hwa. DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering The long-term operational stability of aerobic granular sludge reactor was investigated in this study. It was found that the fraction of flocculent sludge fluctuated from 5 to 35%, even with a settling time of less than 5 minutes and manual discharge of flocculent sludge during a steady state of more than 400 days. Although the microbial community structure of flocculent sludge was similar to that of granular sludge co-existing in the reactor, the specific growth rate, the observed biomass yield and the specific oxygen consumption rate of flocculent sludge were much higher than those of granular sludge with identical microbial community structures. Therefore, the presence of flocculent sludge in the granular sludge reactor is mainly because of the kinetic superiority of flocculent sludge over granular sludge, rather than microbial competition. Increasing mass transfer in the feast period or discharging excess flocculent sludge could enhance the growth of granular sludge and improve the stability of the long-term operation of the granular sludge reactor. 2013-10-04T02:21:59Z 2019-12-06T19:59:21Z 2013-10-04T02:21:59Z 2019-12-06T19:59:21Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Liu, Y. Q., & Tay, J. H. (2012). The competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long-term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor. Environmental technology, 33(23), 2619-2626. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98756 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16244 10.1080/09593330.2012.673011 en Environmental technology |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering Liu, Yong-Qiang. Tay, Joo Hwa. The competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long-term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor |
| title | The competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long-term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor |
| title_full | The competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long-term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor |
| title_fullStr | The competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long-term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor |
| title_full_unstemmed | The competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long-term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor |
| title_short | The competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long-term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor |
| title_sort | competition between flocculent sludge and aerobic granules during the long term operation period of granular sludge sequencing batch reactor |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98756 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16244 |
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