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Storage and Growth Processes in Aerobic Granular Sludge

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The internal storage mechanisms and electron flow from the external substrate occurring in the aerobic granule sludge under both aerobic and anoxic conditions were explored with extensive storage experiments. The simultaneous growth and storage processes in aerobic granules were accurately modeled. It was found that the aerobic granules in an SBR, subjected to alternative feast and famine conditions, were able to rapidly take up carbon substrate in wastewater and to store it as intracellular storage products when the substrate was in excess.

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Ni, BJ. (2013). Storage and Growth Processes in Aerobic Granular Sludge. In: Formation, characterization and mathematical modeling of the aerobic granular sludge. Springer Theses, vol 131. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31281-6_6

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