Research Article
Aerobic Sludge Granulation in a Full-Scale Sequencing Batch Reactor
Table 1
A cycle distribution of operation time in lab-scale, pilot-scale, and full-scale SBRs.
| | Lab-scale SBR | Pilot-scale SBR | Full-scale SBR |
| Operational cycle | 0–10 d | 11–43 d | 0–7 d | 7–50 d | 0–25 d | 25–180 d | 180–now | Filling (min) | 1 | 1 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | Aerating (min) | 120 | 180 | 120 | 120 | 240 | 240 | 240 | Settling (min) | 60 | 10 | 60 | 20 | 60 | 40 | 50 | Discharging (min) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 30 | Idling (min) | 39 | 29 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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