Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion with thermophilic pre-acidification of instant-coffee-production wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1931-1938

  Dinsdale, Richard M ^a   Hawkes, Freda R ^a   Hawkes, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Instant coffee wastewater; Pre acidification; Thermophilic; UASB

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FATTY ACIDS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; PH EFFECTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INSTANT COFFEE PRODUCTION WASTEWATER; THERMOPHILIC PRE ACIDIFICATION; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB) REACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SODIUM HYDROXIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIC PROCESSES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; REACTORS; WASTE WATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COFFEE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0031215031     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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