A pilot-scale study of total volatile fatty acids production by anaerobic fermentation of sewage in fixed-bed and suspended biomass reactors

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1257-1267

  Colmenarejo, M F ^a   Sanchez E ^b   Bustos, A ^a   Garcia G ^a   Borja, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Fermentation; Fixed bed reactor (FAS); Hydraulic retention time (HRT); Hydrolysis; Nutrient biological removal; Organic volumetric loading rate; Suspended biomass reactor (FER); Total volatile fatty acids (TVFA)

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 2542585444     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(03)00253-X     Document Type: Article

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