Infrastructure and Flexible Bioreactor Design for Experimental Research with Granular Sludge

InvestigationsBioreactor on microbial communitiesMicrobial community inDesign aerobic granular sludgeAerobic granular sludge requireExperimental research the designDesign ofChemical engineering aEngineering flexibleBiotechnology, multi-purposeGranular sludge, sequencingMulti-purpose batch reactorSequencing batch reactor (SBRSBR) infrastructureInfrastructure. The fleet of bioreactorsBioreactor used in this research was composed of six bubble-column SBRsSBR dedicated to experimentsExperiment with granular sludgeGranular sludge, and two stirred-tankTank SBRsSBR used to cultivate enrichmentsEnrichment of polyphosphatePolyphosphate- and glycogenGlycogen-accumulating organisms. One novel bubble-column designDesign was conceived with interchangeable double-wall glass segments of different heightsHeight, as well as with short single-wallSingle-wall PVC segments for inserting several sensorsSensor and for connecting the effluentEffluent pump and other componentsComponent when required. This considerably enhanced the flexibilityFlexibility in reactorReactor designDesign and operationOperation for experimental researchExperimental research with granular sludgeGranular sludge.