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

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 166-176

  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 (ABR); Hydrodynamics; Low strength wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACID; BIOGAS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; RESIDENCE TIME; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; PH; PHASE SEPARATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 55249126654     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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