Effect of a starch-rich industrial wastewater on the acid-phase anaerobic digestion process

Water Environment Research

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-371

  Elefsiniotis, Panagiotis ^a,d   Wareham, David G ^b   Smith, Marcus O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c Wardrop   (Canada)

^d Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acid phase; Anaerobic digestion; Biological nutrient removal; Starch wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; STARCH; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS; INDUSTRIAL-WASTEWATER COMPONENTS; SOLUBLE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (SCOD); VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS (VSS);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; STARCH; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STARCH; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACIDITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 22244492601     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143005X51941     Document Type: Article

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