Start-up of anaerobic digestion of source-sorted organic municipal solid waste in the absence of classical inocula

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6808-6814

  Maroun, Rania ^a   El Fadel, Mutasem ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DILUTION; EFFLUENTS; MANURES;

FEEDING RATE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; VOLATILE SOLIDS;

SOLID WASTES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DILUTION; EFFLUENTS; MANURES; SOLID WASTES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INOCULATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DILUTION; EFFLUENT; INOCULATION; MANURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STEADY STATE;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CATTLE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; MANURE; METHANE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE;

BOS;

EID: 35148886433     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070686w     Document Type: Article

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