A precise experimental study on key dissimilarities between mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-342

  Amani, T ^a   Nosrati, M ^a   Sreekrishnan, T R ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Dewaterability; Energy audit; Pathogen inactivation; Solid reduction; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEWATERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PH; REDUCTION;

EID: 79955632296     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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