Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in open, mixed cultures from a waste sludge stream containing high levels of soluble organics, nitrogen and phosphorus

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5196-5211

  Morgan Sagastume, Fernando ^a   Karlsson, Anton ^a   Johansson, Peter ^a   Pratt, Steven ^b   Boon, Nico ^c   Lant, Paul ^b   Werker, Alan ^a  

^a AnoxKaldnes AB   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fermentation; PHA production; Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs); Thermal hydrolysis; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOMASS; HYDROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

MIXED CULTURES; ORGANICS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE PRODUCTION; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SOLUBLE PHOSPHORUS; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES; WASTE SLUDGE;

NUTRIENTS;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYVALERIC ACID; COPOLYMER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCUMULATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER; SPECIES EVENNESS; SUBSTRATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEEDING; HYDROLYSIS; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; STORAGE; STREAM (RIVER); SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 77957370418     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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