Laboratory-scale comparison of anaerobic-digestion alternatives

Water Environment Research

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 360-379

  Reusser, Steve ^a   Zelinka, Greg ^a  

^a Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid; Dewaterability; Ferric chloride; Mesophilic; Thermophilic; Thermophilic mesophilic phased digestion; Volatile acids; Volatile solids

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHANE; ORGANIC ACIDS; REDUCTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

THERMOPHILIC MESOPHILIC PHASED DIGESTION (TPAD); THICKENING PROPERTIES; VOLATILE ACIDS; VOLATILE SOLIDS (VS);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FERRIC CHLORIDE; POLYMER; PROPIONIC ACID; VOLATILE AGENT; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; FATTY ACID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; METHANE; POLYMERS; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 16544367806     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143004X141951     Document Type: Article

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