Mechanical pretreatment of waste activated sludge for anaerobic digestion process

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2362-2368

  Nah, In Wook ^a   Kang, Yun Whan ^a   Hwang, Kyung Yub ^a   Song, Woong Ki ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Chung Nang Sewage Treatment Plant   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Mechanical pretreatment; Sludge solubilization; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; METHANE; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEINS; SOLIDS; SOLUBILITY;

MECHANICAL PRETREATMENT; SLUDGE SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC PROCESS; MECHANICAL TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034107899     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00361-9     Document Type: Article

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