Development of a stable and compact aerobic granules in SBR
system at different high temperatures fed with synthetic
wastewater was successful with slightly different in terms of
morphology features. Granules with the highest average diameter
was cultivated at 50 C with excellent COD removal efficiency of
98.17% at influent loading rate of 1.6 COD g (L d)1
. In addition,
94.45% ammonia removal rate and 72.46% phosphate removal
rate were also observed in the system indicating the potential
of the developed aerobic granular sludge technology to be applied
for hot climate circumstances such as those encountered in Saudi
Arabia.