Reactor setup
AssigneeLiquid Waste Treatment Systems Limited
InventorsZhiguo Yuan, Maria Teresa Pijuan Vilalta, Michael Russel Johns, Susan Diane McDougald
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Abstract
The present invention provides a process for reducing the start-up time of an aerobic granular sludge reactor, said process comprising starting said reactor with an active biomass comprising fragmented aerobic sludge granules.
Claims24
A process for establishing an aerobic granular sludge reactor, said process comprising seeding said reactor with an active biomass comprising fragmented aerobic sludge granules.
Fragmented aerobic sludge granules having a median particle size of from about 150 μm to about 700 μm, optionally stored in medium or treated wastewater comprising low nutrient levels.
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