Low-temperature anaerobic digestion for wastewater treatment

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 444-451

  McKeown, Rory M ^a   Hughes, Dermot ^a   Collins, Gavin ^a   Mahony, Thérèse ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIO-ENERGY; BIOGAS GENERATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOPROCESSES; COLD ENVIRONMENT; DATA SETS; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; HIGH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LABORATORY SCALE; LOW-TEMPERATURE ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONS; METHANOGENESIS; PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR; PILOT SCALE; POLYPHASIC;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE;

RECLAMATION;

BIOGAS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOPROCESS; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD METHANOGENESIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY YIELD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLD TEMPERATURE; METHANE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84861989107     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.11.025     Document Type: Review

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