Spatial and temporal variations of monitoring performance parameters in horizontal-flow anaerobic immobilized sludge (HAIS) reactor treating synthetic substrate

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1760-1766

  Zaiat, M ^a   Vieira, L G T ^b   Foresti, E ^b  

^a Faculdade Engenharia Varginha   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic wastewater treatment; Bioparticles of polyurethane foam; Horizontal flow anaerobic immobilized sludge (HAIS) reactor; Synthetic substrate

Indexed keywords

METHANE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIC PROCESSES; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; REACTORS; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FOAMED PLASTICS; PH; POLYURETHANES; SUBSTRATES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HORIZONTAL FLOW ANAEROBIC IMMOBILIZED SLUDGE (HAIS) REACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0030616125     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00409-5     Document Type: Article

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