Sedimentological evolution in an UASB treating SYNTHES, a new representative synthetic sewage, at low loading rates

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-278

  Aiyuk, Sunny ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Sedimentological attributes; Sludge bed; Synthetic sewage; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

SLUDGE BEDS; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB);

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIOREACTOR; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; UASB REACTOR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GRAIN; INOCULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SLUDGE SETTLING; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METHANE; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842556265     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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