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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Joo Hwa Tay, Singapore, SG;
Stephen Tiong Lee Tay, Singapore, SG;
Kuan Yeow Show, Singapore, SG;
Yu Liu, Singapore, SG;
Volodymyr Ivanov, Singapore, SG;
Other;
Abstract
The method of producing aerobic biogranules for the treatment of waste water comprising the steps of: a) introducing waste water into a reactor; b) seeding the reactor with a active biomass material; c) supplying the oxygen-containing gas to the reactor to provide a mixing action to the suspension of biomass material in said waste water, the supply of oxygen-containing gas providing a superficial upflow gas velocity greater than 0.25 cm/s; d) initiating a period of nutrient starvation of the biomass material while continuing to supply oxygen-containing gas; e) allowing formed aerobic granules to settle in a settling zone in said reactor; f) discharging at least a portion of the waste water; g) repeating steps (a) to (f) until at least a portion of the biogranules in said settling zone are within a predetermined properties; and h) recovering said biomass granules within those predetermined properties.