Influence of staging, mean cell residence time, and thermophilic temperature on the thermophilic anaerobic digestion process

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-509

  Gray, Donald M D ^a,b   Hake, John M ^b   Ghosh, Sambhunath ^c  

^a EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT   (United States)

^b EBMUD   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Pathogen; Single stage digestion; Thermophilic; Two stage digestion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PATHOGENS; SINGLE STAGE DIGESTION; TWO STAGE DIGESTION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; VOLATILE AGENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOSOLID; FECAL COLIFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOSOLID; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DISINFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; STANDARD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEAT; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33749168704     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143005X73613     Document Type: Conference Paper

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