Start-up and operation of laboratory-scale thermophilic upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors treating vegetable processing wastewaters

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-339

  Lepistö, Satu S ^a   Rintala, Jukka A ^b,c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Food industry; Granular sludge; Start up; Thermophilic; Vegetable processing wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CARROT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FOOD INDUSTRY; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POTATO; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; METHANOGENS; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE REACTORS; GRANULAR SLUDGE; THERMOPHILIC METHANOGENESIS; VEGETABLE PROCESSING WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0030616058     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199703)68:3<331::AID-JCTB657>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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