Required minimum granule size in UASB reactor and characteristics variation with size

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 994-999

  Bhunia, Puspendu ^a   Ghangrekar, M M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Methanogenic activity; Minimum size of granules; Settling velocity; Size distribution; Specific gravity; VSS SS ratio

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SEWAGE SLUDGE;

METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY; SETTLING VELOCITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRANULAR MATERIALS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; GRANULAR MEDIUM; SLUDGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CALCULATION; METHANOGENESIS; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; FLOCCULATION; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33750305199     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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