Enhancing wastewater degradation and biogas production by intermittent operation of UASB reactors

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2164-2168

  Nadais, Helena ^a   Barbosa, Marta ^a   Capela, Isabel ^a   Arroja, Luís ^a   Ramos, Christian G ^b   Grilo, André ^b   Sousa, Sílvia A ^b   Leitão, Jorge H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biogas; Complex wastewaters; Intermittent UASB reactors; Microorganisms

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CLONING; DEGRADATION; GENES; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; RNA; SUBSTRATES;

16S RIBOSOMAL RNA; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION; COMPLEX SUBSTRATES; COMPLEX WASTEWATER; COMPLEX WASTEWATERS; CONTINUOUS MODE; CONTINUOUS SYSTEM; GENES ENCODING; INTERMITTENT OPERATION; METHANE PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MODE OF OPERATIONS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; UASB REACTOR;

WASTEWATER;

BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GAS PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WASTEWATER;

EID: 79952818378     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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