Effect of ultrasonic time on waste activated sludge hydrolysis and volatile fatty acids accumulation under alkaline condition

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2861-2868

  Yan, Yuanyuan ^a,c   Chen, Hanlong ^a   He, Qunbiao ^a   Tan, Xuejun ^b   Dai, Xiaohu ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING DESIGN INSTITUTE GROUP CO   (China)

^c Research and Service Center for Environmental Protection Industry   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline condition; Hydrolysis; Ultrasonic time; Volatile fatty acids; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINITY; AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROTEIN; ULTRASONICS; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASTE;

EID: 84555223733     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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