Effect of influent substrate concentration and hydraulic retention time on the performance of down-flow anaerobic fixed bed reactors treating piggery wastewater in a tropical climate

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 817-829

  Sanchez E ^a   Borja, R ^a   Travieso, L ^a   Martin A ^b   Colmenarejo, M F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Down flow; Hydraulic retention time; Influent strength; Piggery wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; CLIMATOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC FIXED BED REACTORS (AFBR); HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIMES (HRT); SUBSTRATE REMOVAL RATES; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS);

BIOREACTORS;

EID: 7444243290     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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