Anaerobic digestion of brewery primary sludge to enhance bioenergy generation: A comparison between low- and high-rate solids treatment and different temperatures

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5842-5851

  Agler, Matthew T ^a   Aydinkaya, Zeynep ^b   Cummings, Theresa A ^c   Beers, Allen R ^c   Angenent, Largus T ^a  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c Anheuser Busch InBev   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Energy recovery; High rate; Operating temperatures; Primary sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANAEROBIC SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; BIO-ENERGY; BREWERY WASTEWATER; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ENERGY RECOVERY; HIGH RATE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; METHANE YIELD; OPERATING PERIODS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PRIMARY SLUDGE; SHOCK LOAD; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; SOLIDS TREATMENT; SOURCE OF ENERGY; SPECIFIC METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY; TOTAL SOLIDS; WASTE FLOWS;

BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; METHANE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOENERGY; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; METHANE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE;

EID: 77951090419     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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