A new high rate anaerobic technology, the static granular bed reactor (SGBR), for renewable energy production from medium strength waste streams

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 109, Issue , 2008, Pages 141-150

  Ellis, T G ^a   Evans, K M ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b Howard R Green   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic granular sludge; EGSB; Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME); High rate anaerobic digestion; Methanogenic; UASB

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LOADING; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 58849105491     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/WM080161     Document Type: Article

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