Limitations of thermophilic anaerobic wastewater treatment and the consequences for process design

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Van Lier, Jules B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Biogas production rate; High rate; Inhibition; Plug flow; Thermophilic; Volatile fatty acids; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030054273     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00641606     Document Type: Article

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