Automated equipment for anaerobic sludge parameters determination

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 479-485

  Fdz Polanco, F ^a   Nieto, P ^a   Perez Elvira S ^a   van der Zee, F P ^a   Fdz Polanc, M ^a   Garcia P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic assays; Biodegradability; Manometric method; Specific methanogenic activity; Toxicity inhibition

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; METHANE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

ANAEROBIC ASSAYS; ANAEROBIC SLUDGE PARAMETERS DETERMINATION; AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT; BIODEGRADABILITY; MANOMETRIC METHOD; SPECIFIC METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; METHANE; OXYGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EXTRACTION; GAS; LIQUID; MANOMETRY; METHANOGENESIS; MONITORING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 25144523869     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0556     Document Type: Article

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