Enhancement of thermophilic anaerobic digestion of thickened waste activated sludge by combined microwave and alkaline pretreatment

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1257-1265

  Chi, Yongzhi ^a   Li, Yuyou ^a,b   Fei, Xuening ^a   Wang, Shaopo ^a   Yuan, Hongying ^a  

^a TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF URBAN CONSTRUCTION   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline pretreatment; Microwave pretreatment; Thermophilic anaerobic digestion; Thickened waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PRETREATMENT; CONTROL REACTORS; DEWATERABILITY; HOLDING TIME; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANE YIELD; MICROWAVE PRETREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT METHODS; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; SOLUBLE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; STANDARD TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TARGET TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; THERMOPHILIC REACTORS; THICKENED WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; UNIFORM DESIGN; VOLATILE SOLID; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ALKALINITY; BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; METHANE; MICROWAVES; OXYGEN; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOLUBILITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METHANE; NEUTRALIZATION; SOLUBILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; MICROWAVES; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80051705213     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60561-X     Document Type: Article

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