Feasibility study of a pilot-scale sewage treatment system combining an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) and an aerated fixed bed (AFB) reactor at ambient temperature

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-182

  Sumino, Haruhiko ^a   Takahashi, Masanobu ^b   Yamaguchi, Takashi ^b,c   Abe, Kenichi ^d   Araki, Nobuo ^d   Yamazaki, Shinichi ^e   Shimozaki, Satoshi ^f   Nagano, Akihiro ^g   Nishio, Naomichi ^b  

^a GIFU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NAGAOKA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e KOCHI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f Kotobuki Engineering and Manufacturing Co Ltd   (Japan)

^g 242 0001   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerated fixed bed; apsA gene; Domestic sewage; Pilot scale UASB; Sulfate reducing activity

Indexed keywords

AERATED FIXED BED; APSA GENE; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; PILOT-SCALE UASB; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB);

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; EFFLUENTS; METHANE; REDUCTION; SEWAGE AERATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACETIC ACID; ADENOSINE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; EFFLUENTS; METHANE; REDUCTION; SEWAGE AERATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AERATION; AMBIENT AIR; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FEASIBILITY STUDY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIXED BED REACTOR; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748420828     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.10.020     Document Type: Article

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