Photocatalytic degradation of waste activated sludge using a circulating bed photocatalytic reactor for improving biohydrogen production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 125, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-36

  Liu, Chunguang ^a   Yang, Yingnan ^a   Wang, Qinghong ^a   Kim, Mijung ^a   Zhu, Qingrong ^b   Li, Dawei ^a   Zhang, Zhenya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Carbon Resource Management Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Pretreatment; Sloping trough circulating bed photocatalytic reactor (STCBPR); Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

BIO-HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; PRE-TREATMENT; TIO; UV-LIGHT; VOLATILE SOLID; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

HYDROGEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CIRCULATING PHOTOCATALYTIC BED REACTOR; DEGRADATION; DILUTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84866686585     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.139     Document Type: Article

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