Co-digestion of municipal sewage sludges and pre-hydrolysed woody agricultural wastes

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-239

  Converti, Attilio ^a   Drago, Fabio ^a   Ghiazza, Giovanni ^a   Del Borghi, Marco ^a   Macchiavello, Amedeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural wastes; Anaerobic digestion; Domestic sewage sludges; Fed batch operation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOCONVERSION; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; METHANE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WOOD WASTES;

FED BATCH OPERATION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDROLYSIS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031172486     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199706)69:2<231::AID-JCTB690>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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