The influence of pH and ammonia concentration on the methane production in high-solids digestion processes

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1075-1082

  Lay, Jiunn Jyi ^a,b   Li, Yu You ^b   Noike, Tatsuya ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Anaerobic digestion; Free ammonia; High solids sludge; Inhibition; Lag phase time; Methane production rate; pH

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; PH EFFECTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

GOMPERTZ EQUATION; LAG PHASE TIME; MESOPHILIC BATCH DIGESTER; METHANE PRODUCTION RATE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

AMMONIA; METHANE; NITROGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOLID WASTE;

METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0032126835     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X123426     Document Type: Article

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