Performance of horizontal-flow anaerobic immobilized sludge (HAIS) reactor treating synthetic substrate subjected to decreasing COD to sulfate ratios

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 10-11, 1999, Pages 99-106

  Cadavid, Diana Loaiza ^a   Zaiat, Marcelo ^a   Foresti, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic processes; Bacterial population; COD SO42 ratio; HAIS reactor; Polyurethane foam; Sulfate reduction; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FOAMED PLASTICS; GLUCOSE; METHANOL; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POLYURETHANES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM ACETATE; HORIZONTAL-FLOW ANAEROBIC IMMOBILIZED SLUDGE (HAIS); SULFATE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM ACETATE; BICARBONATE; GLUCOSE; METHANOL; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SULFATE; TRACE METAL;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS MORHUA; METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0032799066     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00303-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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