Anaerobic acidogenic digestion of olive mill wastewaters in biofilm reactors packed with ceramic filters or granular activated carbon

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4537-4549

  Bertin, Lorenzo ^a   Lampis, Silvia ^b   Todaro, Daniela ^c   Scoma, Alberto ^a   Vallini, Giovanni ^b   Marchetti, Leonardo ^a,c   Majone, Mauro ^d   Fava, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c INCA Interuniversitary Consortium Chemistry for the Environment ^*  (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidogenesis; Microbial speciation; Olive mill wastewaters; Packed bed biofilm reactors; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Vukopor S10 ceramic cubes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; BUTYRIC ACID; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROPIONIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACIDOGENESIS; ACIDOGENIC DIGESTIONS; ANAEROBICS; BIOFILM REACTOR; MICROBIAL SPECIATION; OLIVE-MILL WASTE-WATERS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PACKED BED BIOFILM REACTOR; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; VUKOPOR S10 CERAMIC CUBE;

MIXTURES;

ACETIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED CARBON; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FATTY ACID; FILTER; GRANULAR MEDIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VEGETABLE OIL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; IMMOBILIZED BIOMASS; PACKED BED REACTOR; PAENIBACILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; FIRMICUTES; PAENIBACILLUS;

EID: 77955269818     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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