Stability and activity of anaerobic sludge from UASB reactors treating sewage in subtropical regions

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-229

  Seghezzo, Lucas ^a   Cuevas, C M ^b   Trupiano, A P ^b   Guerra, R G ^b   Gonzalez S M ^b   Zeeman, G ^a   Lettinga, G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Methanogenic activity; Sewage; Sludge stability; Subtropical regions; UASB reactors

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTERS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BED (UASB) REACTORS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREACTORS; HYDROLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; HYDROLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; HYDROLYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; UPFLOW REACTOR;

ANAEROBIOSIS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; METHANE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEWAGE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33748286748     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.509     Document Type: Article

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