Formation, characterization and mathematical modeling of the aerobic granular sludge, 2013
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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 comprehensively investigates the formation, characterization and mathematical modeling of aerobic granular sludge, through integrating the process engineering tools and advanced molecular microbiology. The research results of this thesis contributed significantly to the advance of understanding and optimization of the bacterial granulation processes, the next generation of technology for cost-effective biological wastewater treatment.

Dr. Bing-Jie Ni works at Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC) of The University of Queensland, Australia.

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.
Reports on successful aerobic granulation of sludge in pilot-scale reactor for treatment of low-strength municipal wastewater and identifies the key factors responsible for this process Develops comprehensive models for sludge granulation, microbial interactions and microbial products formation to provide insights into the dynamics of all the soluble and solid components in aerobic granular sludge system Demonstrates accelerated start-up and optimization of the anaerobic ammonia oxidation process by seeding the reactor with aerobic granules Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras