Treatment of sewage by a UASB reactor under moderate to low temperature conditions

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-282

  Uemura, Shigeki ^a   Harada, Hideki ^b  

^a KISARAZU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic sewage treatment; Liquefaction; Methane fermentation; Methanogenic activity; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

FEASIBILITY STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE APPLICATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BED;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FERMENTATION; METHANOGENS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME (HRT); SLUDGE BEDS; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB) REACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

EID: 0033622954     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00118-2     Document Type: Article

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