Anaerobic sewage treatment in a one-stage UASB reactor and a combined UASB-Digester system

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2348-2358

  Mahmoud, Nidal ^a,c   Zeeman, Grietje ^a   Gijzen, Huub ^b   Lettinga, Gatze ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Low temperature; One stage UASB; Sewage; Suspended solids; UASB Digester

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COLLOIDS;

DIGESTER SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIMES (HRT); SLUDGE STABILIZATION;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

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

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; COLLOID; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UPFLOW REACTOR; WINTER;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 2042526441     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.01.041     Document Type: Article

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