Elutriated acid fermentation of municipal primary sludge

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2210-2220

  Ahn, Young Ho ^a   Speece, Richard E ^b  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid elutriation; High performance fermenter; Municipal sludge; Seasonal effects

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACID ELUTRIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE FERMENTER; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE; SEASONAL EFFECTS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CLIMATOLOGY; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EFFLUENT; ELUTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FERMENTATION; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; HYDROLYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NUTRIENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646919532     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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