Effect of temperature on the anaerobic thermophilic conversion of volatile fatty acids by dispersed and granular sludge

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 199-207

  Van Lier, Jules B ^a   Sanz Martin, Jose Luis ^b   Lettinga, Gatze ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Fatty acids; Granulation; Mass transfer limitation; Methanogenesis; Substrate affinity; Thermophilic; Thermostability; Upflow reactor

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; METHANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARRHENIUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029655324     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00107-V     Document Type: Article

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