Effects of various pretreatments for enhanced anaerobic digestion with waste activated sludge

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-275

  Kim, Jeongsik ^a,b   Park, Chulhwan ^a,b   Kim, Tak Hyun ^a   Lee, Myunggu ^a,b   Kim, Sangyong ^a   Kim, Seung Wook ^b   Lee, Jinwon ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; Methane; Pretreatment; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOGAS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE (WAS);

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; METHANE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; HEAT TREATMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; SOLUBILIZATION; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; WASTE;

EID: 0037265673     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.95.271     Document Type: Article

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