Operation of a cylindrical bioelectrochemical reactor containing carbon fiber fabric for efficient methane fermentation from thickened sewage sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 366-373

  Sasaki, Daisuke ^a   Sasaki, Kengo ^b   Watanabe, Atsushi ^a   Morita, Masahiko ^a   Matsumoto, Norio ^a   Igarashi, Yasuo ^b   Ohmura, Naoya ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioelectrochemical reactor; Carbon fiber fabric; Methanogenesis; Supporting material; Thickened sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; METHANE; RNA;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTORS; CARBON FIBER FABRICS; METHANOGENESIS; SUPPORTING MATERIAL; THICKENED SEWAGE SLUDGE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIOGAS; CARBON; CARBON FIBER; METHANE; NITROGEN; RNA; VOLATILE AGENT;

BIOREACTOR; CARBON; FERMENTATION; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; SLUDGE; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SLUDGE; STIRRED REACTOR;

EID: 84871408348     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.048     Document Type: Article

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