Two-stage anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge and fruit/vegetable waste using inclined tubular digesters

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-168

  Dinsdale, R M ^a   Premier, G C ^a   Hawkes, F R ^a   Hawkes, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Fruit vegetable waste; Inclined tubular digester; Two stage; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; CARBONATES; METHANATION; METHANE; SOLID WASTES;

INCLINED TUBULAR DIGESTERS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

BICARBONATE; BIOGAS; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; FOOD; SLUDGE; WASTE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; METHANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE THICKENING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034174688     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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