Influence of liquid-phase mass transfer on the performance of a stirred anaerobic sequencing batch reactor containing immobilized biomass

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-105

  Cubas, S A ^a   Foresti, E ^a   Rodrigues, J A D ^b   Ratusznei, S M ^b   Zaiat, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO MAUÁ DE TECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic processes; Batch processing; Kinetic parameters; Mass transfer; Sequencing batch reactor; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; POLYURETHANES; REACTION KINETICS;

LIQUID PHASES; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EVALUATION; FOAM; IMMOBILIZED BIOMASS; KINETICS; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 1042277837     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-703X(03)00145-1     Document Type: Article

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