Evaluation of a two-stage hydrothermal process for enhancing acetic acid production using municipal biosolids

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-155

  Aggrey, Anderson ^a   Dare, Peter ^a   Lei, Robert ^a   Gapes, Daniel ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Carbohydrates; Municipal biosolids; Thermal hydrolysis; Volatile fatty acids; Wet oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID PRODUCTIONS; DRY SOLIDS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; INITIAL PRESSURE; REACTION MECHANISM; SINGLE STAGE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS PROCESS; THERMAL PROCESS; TWO STAGE; TWO-STAGE PROCESS; VEGETABLE WASTES; WET OXIDATION;

BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; PH; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ACETIC ACID; BIOSOLID; CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSOLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION; PRESSURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS; WET OXIDATION;

ACETIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FORMIC ACIDS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84855869813     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.848     Document Type: Article

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