Performance of staged and non-staged up-flow anaerobic sludge bed (USSB and UASB) reactors treating low strength complex wastewater

Biodegradation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 737-751

  Sevilla Espinosa, Susana ^a   Solórzano Campo, Maricela ^a   Bello Mendoza, Ricardo ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Compartmentalised reactor; Dilute wastewater; Phase separation; Reactor hydraulics

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC SLUDGE; BED REACTORS; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPARTMENTALISED REACTOR; COMPLETELY-MIXED; COMPLEX WASTEWATER; DILUTE WASTEWATER; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH RATE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INTERMEDIATE FLOW; LOW STRENGTH WASTEWATER; OPTIMAL RESULTS; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; REACTOR VOLUME; SCALE FACTOR; SUBSTRATE REMOVAL; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULICS; OXYGEN; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; REMOVAL; SUBSTRATES; WASTEWATER; WATER RECYCLING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

METHANE; OXYGEN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; FLOW KINETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; STANDARD; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; METHANE; OXYGEN; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77955266381     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-010-9339-y     Document Type: Article

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