Performance of anaerobic contact filter in series for treating distillery spentwash

Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-114

  Vijayaraghavan, K ^a   Ramanujam, T K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034108212     PISSN: 0178515X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004490050019     Document Type: Article

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