Microbial sulphate reduction during anaerobic digestion: EGSB process performance and potential for nitrite suppression of SRB activity

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 371-376

  O'Reilly, C ^a   Colleran, Emer ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Expanded granular sludge bed reactors; Nitrite inhibition; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPOSITION EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PROCESS CONTROL; REDUCTION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED (EGSB) PROCESS; MICROBIAL SULPHATE REDUCTION; NITRITE INHIBITION; NITRITE SUPPRESSION; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

NITRITE; SULFATE;

BIOREACTOR; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPANDED BED REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; REACTOR OPERATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 25144493549     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0541     Document Type: Article

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