Reactor performance and bacterial pathogen removal in response to sludge retention time in a mesophilic anaerobic digester treating sewage sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-26

  Chen, Yan ^a   Fu, Bo ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Jiang, Qian ^a   Liu, He ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mesophilic anaerobic digestion (MAD); Pathogen; Sewage sludge; Sludge retention time (SRT)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; LOG REDUCTIONS; MESOPHILIC; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; PATHOGEN CELLS; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; VIABLE BUT NON-CULTURABLE; VOLATILE SOLID;

BIOGAS; BIOSOLIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; VOLATILE AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; BIOSOLID; PATHOGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE; SHIGELLA; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA SP.; SHIGELLA SP.;

EID: 84855351359     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.093     Document Type: Article

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