High-solids anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge pretreated by thermal hydrolysis

Water Environment Research

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 654-662

  Jolis, Domènec ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia toxicity; High solids anaerobic digestion; Mesophilic anaerobic digestion; Solids handling facilities; Temperature phased anaerobic digestion; Thermal hydrolysis pretreatment; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HYDROLYSIS; INVESTMENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; STABILIZATION; VISCOSITY;

AMMONIA TOXICITY; HIGH-SOLIDS ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; SOLIDS-HANDLING FACILITIES; TEMPERATURE-PHASED ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS PRETREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

AMMONIA; BIOGAS; ORGANIC MATTER;

AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; BIOSOLID; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; RETENTION; SLUDGE; TOXICITY; VISCOSITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; INVESTMENT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 49149099846     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/193864708X267414     Document Type: Article

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