Scale-up and design optimization of anaerobic immobilized cell reactors for wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 897-908

  Melidis, Paris ^a   Georgiou, Dimitris ^a   Aivasidis, Alexandros ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Microbial immobilization; Optimization; Reactor design; Scale up; Treatment; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; FERMENTATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS;

CELL REACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIOREACTOR; DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FIXED BED REACTOR; IMMOBILIZED CELL REACTOR; PROCESS DESIGN; SCALE UP; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0141559209     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(02)00124-1     Document Type: Article

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