Two-stage thermophilic anaerobic-aerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 617-626

  Ros M ^a   Zupancic G D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aerobic digestion; Anaerobic digestion; Biogas production; Heating energy; Thermophilic sludge digestion; Two stage sludge digestion; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; SEWAGE SLUDGE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AEROBIC DIGESTION; MESOPHILIC TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMOPHILIC PROCESS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY; HEATING; SLUDGE DIGESTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC TEMPERATURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 4644360304     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2004.21.617     Document Type: Article

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