Bench-scale study using PVA gel as a biocarrier in a UASB reactor treating corn steep liquor wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 65-71

  Zhang, W ^a   Furukawa, Kumamoto ^a   Rouse, Joseph D ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURARAY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biocarrier; Corn steep liquor; Granule formation; PVA gel beads; UASB

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FATTY ACIDS; GELS; GRANULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY;

BIOCARRIER; BIOMASS GRANULES; CORN STEEP LIQUOR WASTEWATER; GRANULE FORMATION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS (VFA);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FATTY ACIDS; GELS; GRANULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FATTY ACID; METHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CORN; GEL; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; GELS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37249075608     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.673     Document Type: Article

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