Alkaline fermentation of primary sludge for short-chain fatty acids accumulation and mechanism

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Wu, Haiyan ^a   Gao, Junyan ^b   Yang, Dianhai ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a   Liu, Wei ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Fuda Group Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline pH; Compositions; Mechanism; PS; SCFAs

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PH; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; CONCENTRATION OF; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; MAXIMUM RATIO; METHANE PRODUCTION; PRIMARY SLUDGE; PROPIONIC; REACTION TIME; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLUBLE PROTEINS;

CARBOHYDRATES; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; METHANE; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 77951110799     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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