Volatile solids reduction in two-phase and conventional anaerobic sludge digestion

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1041-1048

  Bhattacharya, Sanjoy K ^a,b   Madura, Richard L ^a   Walling, David A ^a   Farrell, Joseph B ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Digestion; Primary sludge; Two phase; Volatile acids; Volatile solids; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOTATION; METHANE; PHASE SEPARATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOLIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; VOLATILE ACIDS; VOLATILE SOLIDS; VOLATILE SOLIDS REDUCTION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

METHANE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COST; GAS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOLID; SOLID WASTE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; REDUCTION; SLUDGE; VOLATILE SOLIDS;

EID: 0030131497     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00252-9     Document Type: Article

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