Estimation of substrate effective diffusivities in anaerobic bioparticles

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1163-1170

  Vela, F J ^a   Gianotti, E P ^a   Foresti, E ^a   Zaiat, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic wastewater treatment; Effective diffusivity coefficient; Immobilized biomass; Intraparticle mass transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; DIFFUSION; GLUCOSE; POLYURETHANES; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITY COEFFICIENT; IMMOBILIZED BIOMASS; INTRAPARTICLE; LIQUID-PHASE MASS TRANSFER; SPECIFIC METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; UNSTEADY STATE CONDITIONS;

SUBSTRATES;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALGINIC ACID; GLUCOSE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SUCROSE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DIFFUSION; INCUBATOR; PARTICLE SIZE; SLUDGE; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032735729     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332008616914     Document Type: Article

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