Maximum removal rate of propionic acid as a sole carbon source in UASB reactors and the importance of the macro- and micro-nutrients stimulation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3477-3482

  Ma, Jingxing ^a   Mungoni, Lucy Jubeki ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a   Carballa, Marta ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaerobic process; Mesophilic; Organic loading rate; Trace elements; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; CONCENTRATION OF; DURING PHASE; FEEDING STRATEGIES; HIGH THROUGHPUTS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MESOPHILIC; OPERATIONAL CAPACITIES; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; PROPIONIC ACIDS; REACTOR SYSTEMS; REMOVAL RATES; SOLE CARBON SOURCES; UASB REACTORS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BED REACTORS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACIDS; NUTRIENTS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BIOGAS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CITRATE SODIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROPIONIC ACID; SELENIUM; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RETENTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MACRONUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FATTY ACIDS; FILTRATION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SEWAGE; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 64849115451     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.02.060     Document Type: Article

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