Biogranules applied in environmental engineering

Kim Milferstedt, Jérôme Hamelin, Chul Park, Jinyoung Jung, Yuhoon Hwang, Si Kyung Cho, Kyung Won Jung, Dong Hoon Kim

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Abstract

The efficiency of wastewater treatment with renewable energy generation has been greatly improved with the development of biogranules. In this review article, various types of biogranules (methanogenic, hydrogenic, aerobic, anaerobic ammonium oxidation, and oxygenic photogranules) applied in environmental engineering are introduced along with their history, theories on how they are formed, physico-chemical and morphological characteristics, and the effects on enhanced performance. Although each individual granule has its own characteristics, there might be something in common that the formation is related with high production of extracellular polymeric substances, and they all have high hydrophobicity, settling velocity, and density. To our knowledge, this is the first review article dealing with various types of biogranules. The information given herein will provide a chance for a deep understanding on biogranules in both fundamental research and engineering point of views.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)27801-27811
Number of pages11
JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume42
Issue number45
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Aerobic granules
  • Anammox granules
  • Biogranules
  • Hydrogenic granules
  • Methanogenic granules
  • Oxygenic photogranules

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