Upgrading of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge by ultrasonic pretreatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-313

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

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Kawasaki Giken Eng Constr Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBOHYDRATES; FATTY ACIDS; METHANE; PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE (WAS);

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

CARBOHYDRATE; METHANE; PROTEIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC PROCESS; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; TIME; ULTRASOUND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033151311     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(98)00155-2     Document Type: Article

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