Degradation of volatile fatty acids in highly efficient anaerobic digestion

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 407-416

  Wang, Qunhui ^a   Kuninobu, Masaaki ^b   Ogawa, Hiroaki I ^a   Kato, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Kawasaki Giken Eng Constr Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Methane generation; Pretreatment; Solubilization; Volatile fatty acid; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOFUEL; BUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; HEXANOIC ACID; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; ISOCAPROIC ACID; ISOVALERIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; VALERIC ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; FREEZING; HEAT TREATMENT; ISOMERIZATION; METHANE; SOLUBILITY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETATE; ISOBUTYRATE; ISOCAPROATE; ISOVALERATE; PROPIONATE; ULTRASONIC DISINTEGRATION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE (WAS);

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 0032978502     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(99)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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