Influences of volatile solid concentration, temperature and solid retention time for the hydrolysis of waste activated sludge to recover volatile fatty acids

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 119, Issue , 2012, Pages 285-292

  Xiong, Huilei ^a   Chen, Jinluan ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Shi, Hanchang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrolysis acidification; Volatile fatty acids; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; HYDROLYSIS ACIDIFICATION; MIXED LIQUOR VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; SLUDGE CONCENTRATION; SOLID RETENTION TIME; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; VOLATILE SOLID; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ACETIC ACID; HYDROLYSIS; METAL IONS; PHOSPHORUS;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIUM NITROGEN; BUTYRIC ACID; METAL ION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FATTY ACID; HYDROLYSIS; RETENTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HYDROLYSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862976894     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.126     Document Type: Article

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