The effect of sulphate on propionate and butyrate degradation in a psychrophilic anaerobic expanded granular sludge bed (egsb) reactor

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 997-1005

  Rebac, S ^a   Visser, A ^a,b   Gerbens, S ^a   van Lier, J B ^a   Stams, A J M ^a   Lettinga, G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Seghers Engineering Water NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Expanded granular sludge bed; Psychrophilic conditions; Sulphate; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW EXPERIMENTS; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED REACTOR; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; PSYCHROPHILIC CONDITIONS; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULPHATES;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; REACTION TIME; SLUDGE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029794666     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331708616468     Document Type: Article

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