Chemical characterization of municipal wastewater sludges produced by two-phase anaerobic digestion for biogas production

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 740-746

  Francioso, Ornella ^a   Rodriguez Estrada, Maria Teresa ^b   Montecchio, Daniela ^a   Salomoni, Cesare ^c   Caputo, Armando ^c   Palenzona, Domenico ^d  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti   (Italy)

^c Biotec Sys Srl   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

13C; Anaerobic digestion; DRIFT; HS SPME GC MS; Municipal wastewater sludges; TG DTA

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL FEATURES; CHEMICAL PATTERN; DRIFT; DRIFT SPECTROSCOPY; FERMENTATION PROCESS; HS-SPME; LIPID CONTENT; METHANOGENESIS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SLUDGE; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; TG-DTA ANALYSIS; THERMAL PROFILES; TWO PHASE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ISOTOPES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; CARBON; CARBON 13; FATTY ACID; LIPID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; GAS PRODUCTION; METHANOGENESIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FERMENTATION; FRACTIONATION; HEAT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHANOGENESIS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CITIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 72049109926     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.10.071     Document Type: Article

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