Enhanced anaerobic digestion performances: Effect of sludge ultrasound pre-treatment and role of the microbial population

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1803-1810

  Braguglia, Camilla Maria ^a   Gagliano, Maria Cristina ^a   Gallipoli, Agata ^a   Rossetti, Simona ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Kinetics; Methanogens; Secondary sludge; Ultrasound pretreatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871700008     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2012.225     Document Type: Article

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