Biogas production from supernatant of hydrothermally treated municipal sludge by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 9904-9911

  Qiao, Wei ^a,b   Peng, Chong ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^c   Zhang, ZhongZhi ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biogas; Hydrothermal treatment; Municipal sludge; UASB

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS ENERGY; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; COD REMOVAL RATE; ENERGY BALANCE CALCULATIONS; GRANULAR SLUDGE; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; HYDROTHERMALLY TREATED; INITIAL STAGES; MESOPHILIC; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; RUNNING TESTS; UASB; UASB REACTOR; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS;

BIOGAS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DILUTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LOADING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DILUTION; ENERGY BALANCE; HEATING; MESOPHILE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SUPERNATANT; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER;

EID: 80053128543     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.037     Document Type: Article

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