Start-up of anaerobic digestion of sulfate wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-27

  Percheron, Gilles ^a   Bernet, Nicolas ^a   Moletta, René ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Iron; Methanogenesis; Nickel; Sulfate reduction; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COBALT; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; IRON; NICKEL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

METHANOGENESIS; SULFATE REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; COBALT; IRON; NICKEL; SULFATE; SULFIDE; TRACE METAL;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; SULFATE; WASTE WATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOSTAT; METHANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031194768     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(97)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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