Aerobic Granular Sludge in Seawater

Title

Aerobic Granular Sludge in Seawater

 Author

de Graaff, D.R. (TU Delft BT/Environmental Biotechnology) ORCID 0000-0002-9808-6169

 Contributor

van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (promotor) ORCID 0000-0003-0658-4775
Pronk, M. (copromotor) ORCID 0000-0002-3162-8971

 Degree granting institution

Delft University of Technology

 Date

2020-02-10

 Abstract

Increase in sea level will lead to an increase in salinity in domestic wastewater systems. In order to anticipate its effects on biological wastewater treatment, the impact has to be assessed with lab-scale experiments. Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is a successful technology for simultaneous removal of organic carbon (COD), nitrogen, and phosphorus in a single process step. The impact
of seawater on AGS has not yet been reported. The effect of salinity on AGS can roughly be divided in three aspects: biological activity, physical stability, and change in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Based on these aspects, the research from this PhD thesis has been structured. The overall question is: “How does long-term exposure of seawater affect the AGS process?”. This PhD thesis shows the feasibility of the aerobic granular sludge process with seawater-based wastewater.

 Subject

Wastewater treatment
Aerobic granular sludge
EBPR
Nereda
Seawater

 To reference this document use:

https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:eb3e337a-972c-498c-9bb9-e9d8bed7f006

 ISBN

978-94-6384-104-7

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

doctoral thesis

 Rights

© 2020 D.R. de Graaff
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