Conversion of municipal solid waste to carboxylic acids using a mixed culture of mesophilic microorganisms

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-56

  Aiello Mazzarri, Cateryna ^a   Agbogbo, Frank K ^b   Holtzapple, Mark T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxylic acids; Fermentation; MixAlco process; Mixed acids; Municipal solid waste; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FERMENTATION; MICROORGANISMS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOLID WASTES;

CONTINUUM PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION MODELING (CPDM); MIXALCO PROCESS; MIXED ACIDS; MUNICIPLE SOLID WASTE; SEWAGE SLUDGE (SS);

BIOMASS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; IODOFORM; METAL; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FERMENTATION; MICROORGANISM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; LIQUID; MICROORGANISM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FERMENTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE;

EID: 24644494789     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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