Balancing hygienization and anaerobic digestion of raw sewage sludge

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6218-6227

  Astals, S ^a   Venegas, C ^a   Peces, M ^a   Jofre, J ^a   Lucena, F ^a   Mata Alvarez, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Energy balance; Hygienization; Indicators; Sewage sludge; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; ENERGY BALANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

HYGIENIZATION; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; PERFORMANCE; POST TREATMENT; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; PROCESS STABILITY; RAW SEWAGE; REMOVAL PROCESS; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 84868301192     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.07.035     Document Type: Article

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