Best available carbon sources to enhance the via-nitrite biological nutrients removal from supernatants of anaerobic co-digestion

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-22

  Frison, N ^a   Di Fabio, S ^b,c   Cavinato, C ^a   Pavan, P ^a   Fatone, F ^b,c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c InterUniv Consortium Chemistry for the Environment (INCA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic supernatant; Carbon source; Cost analyses; Demonstration; Enhanced and short cut biological nutrients removal

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CO-DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC SUPERNATANT; BIO-WASTE; CARBON SOURCE; CATTLE MANURES; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; COST ANALYSIS; DENITRIFYING PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; DENITRITATION; LIQUID EFFLUENTS; MAIZE SILAGE; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS REMOVAL; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; SPECIFIC COST; START-UPS; SUPERNATANTS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ACETIC ACID; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; COST ACCOUNTING; DEMONSTRATIONS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; LIQUIDS; MANURES; METHANOL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH; PHOSPHORUS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84870161408     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.10.094     Document Type: Article

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