Anaerobic biodegradability and treatment of Egyptian domestic sewage

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2043-2055

  Elmitwalli, Tarek ^a   Al Sarawey, Ahmed ^c   El Sherbiny, Mohammed ^c   Zeeman, Grietje ^b   Lettinga, Gatze ^b  

^a Benha High Institute of Technology   (Egypt)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ADM1; Anaerobic digestion; Biodegradability; Domestic sewage; UASB reactor; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BATCH EXPERIMENTS;

SEWAGE ANALYSIS;

METHANE;

ANAEROBIC FILTER; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BATCH REACTOR; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMESTIC WASTE; EGYPT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; RURAL AREA; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UPFLOW REACTOR;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; EGYPT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0141621167     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ESE-120023331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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