Effect of temperature on low-strength wastewater treatment by UASB reactor using poly(vinyl alcohol)-gel carrier

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 11147-11154

  Khanh, Dophuong ^a   Quan, Laiminh ^a   Zhang, Wenjie ^a   Hira, Daisuke ^a   Furukawa, Kenji ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low strength wastewater; Poly(vinyl alcohol) gel; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

COD REMOVAL RATE; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LOW STRENGTH WASTEWATER; TEMPERATURE REDUCTION; UASB REACTOR; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

GELS; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; GELS; NITROGEN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 82755177936     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.09.108     Document Type: Article

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