Waste activated sludge hydrolysis and short-chain fatty acids accumulation under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions: Effect of pH

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3735-3742

  Zhang, Peng ^a,b   Chen, Yinguang ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrolysis; Mesophilic; pH; Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs); Thermophilic; Waste activated sludge (WAS)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; METHANE; PH; PH EFFECTS; PROPIONIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

MESOPHILIC; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS (SCFAS); SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; THERMOPHILIC; THERMOPHILIC CONDITIONS; THERMOPHILIC FERMENTATIONS; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ALKALINITY;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VALERIC ACID;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ACETIC ACID; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; MASS BALANCE; PH;

ACIDITY; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CARBON BALANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; METHANOGEN; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 67651102859     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.05.036     Document Type: Article

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