Online estimation of VFA, alkalinity and bicarbonate concentrations by electrical conductivity measurement during anaerobic fermentation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1281-1289

  Aceves Lara, Cesar Arturo ^a,b,c   Latrille, Eric ^d   Conte, T ^d   Steyer, Jean Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Acidogenesis; Anaerobic digestion; Electrical conductivity; Hydrogen production; VFA estimation

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENESIS; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION PROCESS; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS; LABORATORY REACTORS; METHANE PRODUCTION; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; ON-LINE ESTIMATION; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; VINASSES; VOLATILE FATTY ACID (VFA);

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LINEAR REGRESSION; METHANE; PH; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BICARBONATE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ALKALINITY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BICARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ONLINE MONITORING; PH; REACTOR; VINASSE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BICARBONATES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODELS; METHANE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84859732714     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.703     Document Type: Article

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