Effects of anaerobic pre-treatment on the degradation of dewatered-sewage sludge

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1795-1800

  Nges, Ivo Achu ^a   Liu, Jing ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Mesophilic; Methane yield; Pre treatment; Thermophilic; VS reduction

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; METHANATION; METHANE; OXYGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

MESOPHILIC; METHANE YIELD; PRE-TREATMENT; THERMOPHILIC; VS-REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; METHANE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 60949098908     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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