Anaerobic biodegradation of polyhydroxybutyrate in municipal sewage sludge

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 709-718

  Gutierrez Wing, Maria T ^a   Stevens, Benjamin E ^b   Theegala, Chandra S ^a   Negulescu, Ioan I ^c   Rusch, Kelly A ^c  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b Sage Environmental Consulting LP   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Biodegradation; Bioplastic; Plastics; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC TREATMENT; ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; BIOPLASTIC; BIOPLASTICS; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTOMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASTICITY; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SURFACES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DEGRADATION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLASTIC; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SURFACE AREA; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 77953622782     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000208     Document Type: Article

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