Integrated chemical/physical and biological processes modelling Part 2 - Anaerobic digestion of sewage sludges

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 545-568

  Sotemann S W ^a   Van Rensburg, P ^a   Ristow, N E ^a   Wentzel, M C ^a   Loewenthal, R E ^a   Ekama, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Kinetic modelling; Sewage sludge; Weak acid base chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LIPIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTEINS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CONSERVATION;

KINETIC MODELING; MASS BALANCES; SURFACE MEDIATED REACTION; WEAK ACID/BASE CHEMISTRY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; SEWAGE;

EID: 26444514360     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 03784738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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