Comparison of thermophilic and mesophilic one-stage, batch, high-solids anaerobic digestion

Environmental Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-369

  Hegde, G ^a   Pullammanappallil, P ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; High solids; Leach bed; Mesophilic; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BUTYRIC ACID; FLOODS; PROPIONIC ACID; WOOD PRODUCTS;

HIGH-SOLIDS; HIGH-SOLIDS ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; MESOPHILIC; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; THERMOPHILIC; THERMOPHILIC CONDITIONS; THERMOPHILIC DIGESTERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; BUFFER; BUTYRIC ACID; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROPIONIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; LEACHATE TREATMENT; METHANOGENS; SOLID WASTES;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DEGRADATION; LEACHATE; METHANOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOREGULATION; VEGETABLE; WOOD CHIP;

EID: 34247854831     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332808618797     Document Type: Article

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