Ammonia removal in anaerobic digestion by biogas stripping: An evaluation of process alternatives using a first order rate model based on experimental findings

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 178, Issue , 2011, Pages 138-145

  Walker, M ^a   Iyer, K ^a   Heaven, S ^a   Banks, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Anaerobic digestion (AD); Biogas; Source segregated food waste (SSFW); Stripping

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BARK STRIPPING; BIOGAS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; STRIPPING (REMOVAL);

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA STRIPPING; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; FIRST-ORDER RATES; FOOD WASTE; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; TOTAL AMMONIA NITROGENS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 84857658444     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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