Piggery waste treatment by using down-flow anaerobic fixed bed reactors

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 727-734

  Sanchez E ^a   Travieso, L ^b   Borja, R ^b   Colmenarejo, M F ^a   Nikolaeva, S ^c   Raposo, F ^b   Rincon B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Anaerobic fixed bed reactor; Clay; Depth; Down flow; Performance; Piggery waste; Rasching rings

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN; PH EFFECTS;

ANAEROBIC FIXED BED REACTORS; DOWN-FLOW ANAEROBIC FIXED-BED REACTORS (DFAFBR); PIGGERY WASTES; RASCHING RINGS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

METHANE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CALABRIAN; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLAY; ORGANIC NITROGEN; WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SWINE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SWINE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 34547885727     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601230701465999     Document Type: Article

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