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Substrate concentration‐independent aerobic granulation in sequential aerobic sludge blanket reactor

Q. S. Liu Environmental Engineering Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
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J. H. Tay Environmental Engineering Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
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Y. Liu Environmental Engineering Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
Pages 1235-1242 | Received 03 Dec 2002, Accepted 29 May 2003, Published online: 17 Dec 2008

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