Thermal pre-treatment of aerobic granular sludge: Impact on anaerobic biodegradability

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6011-6020

  Val del Rio A ^a,b   Morales, N ^a   Isanta, E ^c   Mosquera Corral, A ^a   Campos, J L ^a   Steyer, J P ^b   Carrere H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobic granules; Anaerobic digestion; Biochemical methane potential (BMP); Biodegradability; Sequencing batch reactor (SBR); Thermal pre treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIODEGRADABILITY; FERTILIZERS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; METHANE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC GRANULES; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL; GRANULAR BIOMASS; GRANULAR SYSTEM; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; THERMAL PRE-TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

METHANE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DIGESTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METHANE; OXIC CONDITIONS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAT TREATMENT; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

SUIDAE;

EID: 80054018745     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.08.050     Document Type: Article

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