Energy recovery from dairy waste-waters: Impacts of biofilm support systems on anaerobic CST reactors

Applied Energy

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 91-98

  Ramasamy, E V ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biofilm; Biogas and dairy wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM SUPPORT SYSTEMS (BSS); CONTINUOUSLY-STIRRED TANK REACTORS (CSTR);

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BIOFILM; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; GAS RECOVERY; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; METHANE; NYLON; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOFILMS; BIOGAS; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; DAIRIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; METHANE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIOFILM; ENERGY; REACTOR; UPGRADING; WASTEWATER;

EID: 0034026174     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(99)00079-3     Document Type: Article

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