Treatment of cane sugar mill wastewater in an upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1347-1352

  Mijaylova Nacheva, P ^a   Moeller Chavez G ^a   Matias Chacon J ^a   Canul Chuil, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cane sugar industry wastewater; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CANE SUGAR INDUSTRY WASTEWATER; COD REMOVAL RATE; FIRST-ORDER MODELS; HIGHER LOADS; KINETIC COEFFICIENT; LOW ORGANIC LOAD; MESOPHILIC UASB REACTORS; MONOD'S EQUATION; ORGANIC LOAD; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SOLID SEPARATION; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; STABLE PROCESS; SUBSTRATE REMOVAL; SUGAR MILLS; UASB REACTOR; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BED REACTORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC ACID;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ORGANIC ACIDS; REMOVAL; STABILITY CRITERIA; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR CANE; SUGAR FACTORIES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

SUGAR INDUSTRY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISCHARGE; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC ACID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEPARATION; SLUDGE; SUGAR CANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; FIXED BED REACTOR; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE; SUGAR INDUSTRY; SUGARCANE; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AIR; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY;

AIR; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KINETICS; SACCHARUM; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 70350508531     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.402     Document Type: Article

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