External and internal mass transfer effects in an anaerobic fixed-bed reactor for wastewater treatment

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 943-949

  Zaiat, Marcelo ^a   Rodrigues, José Alberto Domingues ^b   Foresti, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO MAUÁ DE TECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic process; Fixed bed reactor; HAIB reactor; Mass transfer; Polyurethane foam; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; LIQUID; SEWAGE; SOLID; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0342733627     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(00)00127-8     Document Type: Article

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