Mass balance of anionic surfactants through up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket based sewage treatment plants

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 254-260

  Mungray, Arvind Kumar ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^b  

^a SARDAR VALLABHBHAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Anionic surfactants; Mass balance; Sludge drying beds; Up flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; DRY WEIGHT; MASS BALANCE; MASS FLUX; POLISHING PONDS; SLUDGE DRYING; SLUDGE DRYING BEDS; TREATED EFFLUENT; UASB REACTOR; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOPHYSICS; CURING; DEGRADATION; DEWATERING; EFFLUENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

EID: 67649856633     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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