The optimisation of food waste addition as a co-substrate in anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 515-526

  Kim, Hyun Woo ^a   Han, Sun Kee ^a   Shin, Hang Sik ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Co digestion; Food waste; Mesophilic and thermophilic conditions; Methane production rate (MPR); Optimal mixing ratio; Sewage sludge; Wmr 694 8

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; METHANE; MOISTURE; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOLID WASTES;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); VOLATILE SOILDS (VS);

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

DOMESTIC WASTE; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOOD; GAS MIXING; KOREA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOISTURE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 0742271622     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X0302100604     Document Type: Article

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