Effects of directly soluble and fibrous rapidly acidifying chemical oxygen demand and reactor liquid surface tension on granulation and sludge-bed stability in upflow anaerobic sludge-blanket reactors

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 304-310

  Grootaerd, H ^a   Liessens, B ^a   Verstraete, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; REACTOR; SLUDGE; SURFACE TENSION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0030921626     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051054     Document Type: Article

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