Granular bed baffled reactor (Grabbr): Solution to a two-phase anaerobic digestion system

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1015-1021

  Baloch, M I ^a   Akunna, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Cisterns; Granular materials; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; PROBLEM SOLVING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GRANULAR BED BAFFLED REACTORS (GRABBR); HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME (HRT); METHANOGENESIS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; GRANULAR BED; REACTOR; SEPARATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GADUS MORHUA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0345392736     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2003)129:11(1015)     Document Type: Article

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