Interaction between temperature and ammonia in mesophilic digesters for animal waste treatment

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2373-2382

  Garcia, Marcelo L ^a   Angenent, Largus T ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Anaerobic digesters; Methane yield; Performance; Swine waste; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BATCH REACTORS; METHANE; RATE CONSTANTS; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANAEROBIC SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; MESOPHILIC TEMPERATURE; METHANE YIELD; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; SWINE WASTE;

WASTE TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; METHANE;

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INHIBITION; METHANOGENESIS; PIG; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; METHANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 65449145046     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.02.036     Document Type: Article

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