Enhanced lipid and biodiesel production from glucose-fed activated sludge: Kinetics and microbial community analysis

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1279-1290

  Mondala, Andro H ^a   Hernandez, Rafael ^a   French, Todd ^a   McFarland, Linda ^a   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^b   Meckes, Mark ^b   Ryu, Hodon ^b   Iker, Brandon ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Environmental engineering; Fermentation; Green engineering; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE BIOREACTORS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; C:N RATIO; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; CELL DRY WEIGHT; ENERGY; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GREEN ENGINEERING; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; LIPID PRODUCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; MICROBIOTAS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; POTENTIAL VALUES;

BIODIESEL; BIOREACTORS; CHARGE DENSITY WAVES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; INNOVATION; OLEIC ACID; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

LOADING;

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84858157873     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12655     Document Type: Article

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