Treatment of low strength complex wastewater using an anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 8193-8200

  Gopala Krishna, G V T ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^b   Kumar, Pradeep ^b  

^a PSNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic baffled reactor; Anaerobic treatment; Hydrodynamics; Organic loads; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; OXYGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTOR (ABR); CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMAND (COD); COMPLEX WASTEWATER; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIMES (HRTS); LABORATORY SCALE; ORGANIC LOADING RATE (OLD); STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6);

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

ACID; ANION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; TRACER; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHASE SEPARATION; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; STEADY STATE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 47749108705     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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