The inverse turbulent bed: a novel bioreactor for anaerobic treatment

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 673-677

  Buffière, Pierre ^a   Bergeon, Jean Pierre ^a   Moletta, René ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Granular floating material; Inverse turbulent bed; Reactor start up

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; FRICTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

INVERSE TURBULENT BEDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOGAS; CARBON;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BED; BIOREACTOR; TURBULENCE DEVICE; WASTEWATER; WINE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUIDIZED BED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; TECHNIQUE; TURBULENT FLOW; WASTE WATER; WINE;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0344146425     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00166-9     Document Type: Article

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