Integrated chemical, physical and biological processes modelling of anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 109-117

  Sotemann S W ^a   van Rensburg, P ^a   Ristow, N E ^a   Wentzel, Mark C ^a   Loewenthal, R E ^a   Ekama, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Kinetic modelling; Sewage sludge; Weak acid base chemistry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

KINETIC MODELLING; WEAK ACID CHEMISTRY; WEAK BASE CHEMISTRY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACID; AMMONIA; BASE; BICARBONATE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; LIPID; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PROCESS; DIGESTION; MASS BALANCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHANOGENESIS; PH; PREDICTION; PROCESS MODEL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STOICHIOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 33751058655     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.553     Document Type: Article

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