Thermophilic-anaerobic digestion to produce Class A biosolids: Initial full-scale studies at hyperion treatment plant

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-180

  Iranpour, Reza ^a,d   Cox, Huub ^a   Oh, Seung ^a   Fan, Steve ^a   Kearney, Raymond ^b   Abkian, Varouj ^b   Haug, Roger Tim ^c  

^a Hyperion Treatment Plant   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation   (United States)

^c City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Class A; Disinfection; Exceptional quality; Fecal coliforms; Postdigestion; Salmonella sp.; Thermophilic anaerobic digestion; Vector attraction Reduction

Indexed keywords

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; BIOMASS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISINFECTION; REDUCTION;

BIOSOLIDS; CLASS A; EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY; FECAL COLIFORMS; POSTDIGESTION; SALMONELLA SP.; THERMOPHILIC-ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; VECTOR-ATTRACTION REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; BIOMASS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISINFECTION; REDUCTION;

BIOSOLID;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLASSIFICATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SALMONELLA; SANITATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.;

EID: 32444433862     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143005X89625     Document Type: Article

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