Start-up strategies of thermophilic anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1777-1784

  Palatsi, J ^a   Gimenez Lorang, A ^b   Ferrer, I ^a   Flotats, X ^a  

^a GIRO Technological Centre   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Mesophilic; Sewage sludge; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; MESOPHILIC; METHANE YIELD; MULTI-STEP; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; START-UP STRATEGY; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE TRANSITION; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BIODEGRADATION; FATTY ACIDS; METHANE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

FATTY ACID; METHANE; PROPIONIC ACID;

ACETATE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY ACID; METHANE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOPHILY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOPHILE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 67651227754     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.180     Document Type: Article

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