Short-term and long-term effects of increasing temperatures on the stability and the production of volatile sulfur compounds in full-scale thermophilic anaerobic digesters

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-212

  Iranpour, Reza ^a   Cox, Huub H J ^a   Fan, Steve ^a   Abkian, Varouj ^a   Kearney, Ray J ^a   Haug, Roger T ^b  

^a Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation   (United States)

^b City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Class A biosolids; Long term effects; Short term effects; Temperature limits; Thermophilic anaerobic digestion; Volatile sulfur compounds

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMATERIALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OPTIMIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CLASS A BIOSOLIDS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE LIMITS; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; VOLATILE SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; METHYL MERCAPTAN; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 23844530571     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20518     Document Type: Article

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