Effect of ultrasonic, microwave and combined microwave-ultrasonic pretreatment of municipal sludge on anaerobic digester performance

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Yeneneh, Anteneh Mesfin ^a   Chong, Siewhui ^a   Sen, Tushar Kanti ^a   Ang, Ha Ming ^a   Kayaalp, Ahmet ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Water Corporation of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Capillary suction time; Dewaterability; Microwave; Synthetic sludge; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOPOLYMERS; METHANE; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED SLUDGES; CAPILLARY SUCTION TIME; DEWATERABILITY; DIGESTED SEWAGE SLUDGE; PRETREATMENT TECHNIQUE; SYNTHETIC SLUDGE; ULTRASONIC AND MICROWAVES; ULTRASONIC PRETREATMENT;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; METHANE; VOLATILE AGENT;

BIODEGRADATION; DEWATERING; HYDROLYSIS; METHANE; OPTIMIZATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SLUDGE; ULTRASONICS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGE DEWATERING; ULTRASOUND; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84875996047     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1559-4     Document Type: Article

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