Techno-economic evaluation of ultrasound and thermal pretreatments for enhanced anaerobic digestion of municipal waste activated sludge

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 542-549

  Dhar, Bipro Ranjan ^a   Nakhla, George ^a   Ray, Madhumita B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; Thermal pretreatment; Ultrasound pretreatment; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DRY SOLIDS; METHANE PRODUCTION; MUNICIPAL WASTE; PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SPECIFIC ENERGY; SPECIFIC ENERGY INPUT; TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION; THERMAL PRE-TREATMENT; ULTRASOUND PRETREATMENT; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

BIOGAS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; OPERATING COSTS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; ULTRASONICS; WASTE INCINERATION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; CARBOHYDRATE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; PROTEIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEATING; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRASONICS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEWATERING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENERGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNO ECONOMIC EVALUATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLID; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATES; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; PROTEINS; SEWAGE; SOUND; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84856317673     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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