Kinetics of thermophilic batch anaerobic digestion of thermal hydrolysed waste activated sludge

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-175

  Mottet, A ^a,b   Steyer, J P ^a   Deleris S ^b   Vedrenne, F ^b   Chauzy, J ^c   Carrere H ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

^c Veolia Eau Compagnie Generale des Eaux   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Methane potential; Sludge management; Thermal pretreatment; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; HEATING MODE; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; METHANE POTENTIAL; METHANE PRODUCTION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; SLUDGE MANAGEMENT; SOLUBILISATION; THERMAL PRETREATMENT; THERMAL TREATMENT; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; UPTAKE RATE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; VOLATILE SOLID; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ACIDS; BIOACTIVITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DYES; FATTY ACIDS; HEAT TREATMENT; HEATING; METHANE; OXYGEN; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROPIONIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 67749146974     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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