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ReviewHeliyon2023

Challenges of aerobic granular sludge utilization: Fast start-up strategies and cationic pollutant removal.

Víctor Guzmán-Fierro, Constanza Arriagada, Juan José Gallardo, Víctor Campos, Marlene Roeckel

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Review in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Víctor Guzmán-FierroDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Constanza ArriagadaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Juan José GallardoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Higher Engineering School, University of Almería, Spain.
Víctor CamposDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Marlene RoeckelDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is a self-aggregated microorganism consortium with pollutant removal properties. The aim of this work is to study and review the application of aerobic granules for water treatment with special focus on new applications and methodologies. Carbon-nitrogen containing pollutants are the classic targets of AGS technology. Carbon and nitrogen removal of AGS are classified as a biodegradation process. More recently, the AGS granules have been studied as sorbent materials for wastewater treatment. In particular, the sorption of cationic pollutants has been studied through biosorption and bioaccumulation mechanisms without distinguishing when one or the other process is involved. AGS conformation made them suitable for complex wastewater treatment. Indeed, several studies have demonstrated the removal of polyvalent cationic pollutants even with higher capacity than conventional sorbent materials. However, this was achieved almost exclusively for synthetic substrates, with single cation evaluation and using in some cases only qualitative measures. For successful industrial AGS application in complex substrates, it is necessary to evaluate and demonstrate the technology in real industrial conditions and reduce the currently long start-up times which limits its utility. Two new strategies have been proposed: autoinducer molecules and the production of artificial granular from common active sludge with commercial alginate. Finally, the increase of research on AGS cations assimilation properties will allow a new point of view, where granules will be materials for the recovery of valuable metals from industrial wastewater streams.

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Aerobic granular sludgeBioaccumulationBiodegradationBiosorptionFast start-up

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PMID36852066
PMCPMC9958455

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