The effect of heavy metals on a thermophilic methanogenic upflow sludge blanket reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-137

  Leighton, I R ^a   Forster, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Heavy metals; Metal speciation; Methanogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGAS; BIOREACTORS; COPPER; EXTRACTION; LEAD; METHANOGENS; NICKEL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; ZINC;

METAL SPECIATION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; REACTOR; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EXTRACTION; METHANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SLUDGE; TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032006453     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(97)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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