Anaerobic digestion of short chain organic acids in an expanded granular sludge bed reactor

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2433-2438

  Dinsdale, Richard M ^a   Hawkes, Freda R ^a   Hawkes, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes; Anaerobic digestion; Benzoic acid; EGSB; Fumaric acid; Glyoxylic acid; Maleic acid; Oxalic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; OXIDATION;

EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED (EGSB) REACTORS; FORMIC ACID; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME (HRT); MALEIC ACID; OXALIC ACID;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

BENZOIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MALEIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID;

ACID MEDIUM; ANAEROBIC PROCESS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GRANULAR BED; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034660592     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00430-3     Document Type: Article

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