Use of microwave pretreatment for enhanced anaerobiosis of secondary slugde

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 17-23

  Park, B ^a   Ahn, John Hwa ^a   Kim, Jaai ^a   Hwang, S ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Microwave pretreatment; Sludge disintegration

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDRAULICS; IRRADIATION; METHANE; MICROWAVES;

ANAEROBIOSIS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME (HRT); MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE PRETREATMENT;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIOGAS; METHANE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 10244240640     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0523     Document Type: Article

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