An effective start-up of thermophilic UASB reactor by seeding mesophilically-grown granular sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 391-398

  Syutsubo, Kazuaki ^a   Harada, Hideki ^a   Ohashi, Akiyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Morinaga Engineering Co Ltd Shiba   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol distillery wastewater; Granulation; Methanogenic activity; Seeding material; Start up; Thermophilic anaerobic treatment; UASB process

Indexed keywords

ACETATE; PROPIONATE; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC TREATMENT; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB) REACTORS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISTILLERIES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GRANULATION; HYDROGEN; METHANOGENS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; HYDROGEN; PROPIONIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUSTRY; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030722985     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00547-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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