Enhanced efficiency of industrial-scale anaerobic digestion by the addition of glycosidic enzymes

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 13 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 1536-1540

  Recktenwald, Michael ^a   Wawrzynczyk, Joanna ^b   Dey, Estera Szwajcer ^b   Norrlöw, Olof ^a  

^a Recycling Competence Centre   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biosolids; Enzyme addition; Full scale; Sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CURING; DEWATERING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRYING; ENZYMES; EXPERIMENTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; PROTEINS; REFUSE DIGESTION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS; ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BENEFICIAL ASPECTS; BIOSOLIDS; CARBONACEOUS MATTER; DEWATERING PROPERTIES; DRY SOLIDS; ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; ENZYME ADDITION; FULL-SCALE; GAS PRODUCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; POLYMER DOSAGES; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WASTEWATER SLUDGES;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

CARBON; GLYCOSIDE; METHANE; POLYMER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOSOLID; CENTRIFUGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; DEWATERING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GAS; METHODOLOGY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; FLOCCULATION; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 52949154354     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520802293693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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