Modeling volatile organic sulfur compounds in mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of methionine

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 539-546

  Du, Weiwei ^a   Parker, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Dimethyl sulfide; Mesophilic; Methyl mercaptan; Thermophilic; Volatile sulfur compounds

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; KINETICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; MESOPHILIC; METHYL MERCAPTANS; THERMOPHILIC; VOLATILE SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHIONINE; METHYL MERCAPTAN; SULFUR; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DIGESTION; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR COMPOUND; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOPHILY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESOPHILIC DIGESTION; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC DIGESTION;

EID: 84355161402     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.043     Document Type: Article

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