Kinetic model for an up-flow anaerobic packed bed bioreactor: Dairy wastewater treatment

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3590-3596

  Najafpour, G D ^a   Tajallipour, M ^a   Komeili, M ^a   Mohammadi, M ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anaerobic filter; Cheese whey; Kinetic model; Logistic; Methane yield; Monod; UAPB

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DAIRY INDUSTRY; KINETICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 68949096351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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