The anaerobic treatment of sewage and granule formation in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Environmental Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1031-1036

  Makni, H ^a   Bettaieb, F ^a   Dhaouadi, H ^b   Henni, F M ^b   Balhrouf, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; GC MS; Granulation; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; GLUCOSE; GRANULATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PROPIONIC ACID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

ANAEROBIC BIOTRANSFORMATION; ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION; ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; GC-MS; GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROPIONIC ACID; SULFATE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; GRANULATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PH EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; PH; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33750546273     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332708618715     Document Type: Article

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