The anaerobic biodegradability of municipal sludge and fat, oil, and grease at mesophilic conditions

Water Environment Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-221

  Kabouris, John C ^a   Tezel, Ulas ^b   Pavlostathis, Spyros G ^b   Engelmann, Michael ^c   Todd, Allen C ^a   Gillette, Robert A ^a  

^a CAROLLO ENGINEERS   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Pinellas County Utilities   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Codigestion; Fat, oil, and grease; Fatty acids; Lipids; Methane production; Municipal sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; METHANE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY; CODIGESTION; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANOGENIC CULTURES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE; SEMI-CONTINUOUS FEEDING;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; FAT; FATTY ACID; METHANE; OIL; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; FAT; LIPID; METHANOGENESIS; OIL; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

EID: 45349094181     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143007X220699     Document Type: Article

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