The use of ultrasound to enhance the thermophilic digestion of waste activated sludge

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 357-362

  Forster, C F ^a   Chacin, E ^b   Fernandez, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Civil Engineering University of Zulia   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas yields; Thermophilic anaerobic digestion; Ultrasound; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SONICATION; ULTRASONICS; YIELD STRESS;

DIGESTED SLUDGES; GAS YIELDS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; RESIDUAL TURBIDITY; SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; THERMOPHILIC DIGESTION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; METHANE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TURBIDITY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033995562     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332108618122     Document Type: Article

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