Hydrogen production from wastewater by acidogenic granular sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-158

  Liu, H ^a   Fang, H H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acidification; Anaerobic; Granule; Hydrogen; Sucrose; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOGAS; CARBON; EFFLUENTS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; GRANULATION; HYDRAULIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

GRANULAR SLUDGE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; HEXANOIC ACID; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; PROPANOL; SUCROSE; VALERIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ANAEROBIC PROCESS; HYDROGEN; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; BACILLUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PH; REACTOR; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SPORE GERMINATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER LOADING;

POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037261584     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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