Evaluation of a two stage anaerobic digester for the treatment of mixed abattoir wastes

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1267-1273

  Wang, Zhengjian ^a   Banks, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abattoir waste; Ammonia toxicity; Anaerobic digestion; Hydraulic flush reactor; Slaughterhouse waste; Two stage process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038687119     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(02)00324-2     Document Type: Article

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