Continuous high rate anaerobic treatment of oleic acid based wastewater is possible after a step feeding start-up

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2931-2936

  Cavaleiro, Ana J ^a   Salvador, Andreia F ^a   Alves, Joana I ^a   Alves, Madalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC REACTORS; ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; HIGH RATES; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; METHANE YIELDS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; SPECIFIC METHANE PRODUCTIONS; START-UP; START-UP STRATEGIES; STEP FEEDING; SYNTHETIC EFFLUENTS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; FEEDING; METHANE; MINERALOGY; OLEIC ACID; REMOVAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOGAS; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; METHANE; OLEIC ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; FATTY ACID; METHANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC FILTER; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; MINERALIZATION; SAMPLING; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; METHANE; OLEIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 65249129719     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8031264     Document Type: Article

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