Comparative performance of a UASB reactor and an anaerobic packed-bed reactor when treating potato waste leachate

Renewable Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 893-903

  Parawira, W ^a,b   Murto, M ^a   Zvauya, R ^b   Mattiasson, B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Anaerobic packed bed; Biogas; Leachate; Methane yield; Potato waste; UASB

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HYDRAULICS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; METHANE; PACKED BEDS; PH EFFECTS;

ANAEROBIC PACKED-BED; METHANE YIELD; POTATO WASTE; UASB;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BIOGAS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HYDRAULICS; LEACHING; METHANE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 30644462350     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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