Performance and stability of an anaerobic fixed bed reactor subjected to progressive increasing concentrations of influent organic matter and organic shock loads

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-325

  Barbosa Amorim, Ariuska Karla ^a   Zaiat, Marcelo ^b   Foresti, Eugenio ^b  

^a Centro Universitario Central Paulista   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic process; HAIB reactor; Immobilized biomass; Organic shock load; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; EFFLUENTS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; ANAEROBICS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; HORIZONTAL-FLOW ANEROBIC IMMOBILIZED BIOMASS REACTOR; IMMOBILIZED BIOMASS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; ORGANIC SHOCK LOAD; ORGANICS; SHOCK LOAD;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOGAS; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYURETHAN FOAM; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERFORMANCE; PH MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STEADY STATE; TUBULAR REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER LOADING; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 20844431593     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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