UASB performance and electron competition between methane-producing archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria in treating sulfate-rich wastewater containing ethanol and acetate

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 137, Issue , 2013, Pages 349-357

  Jing, Zhaoqian ^a,b   Hu, Yong ^b   Niu, Qigui ^b   Liu, Yuyu ^b   Li, Yu You ^b,c   Wang, Xiaochang C ^c  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Desulfovibrio; Electron competition; Methane yield; Methanosaeta; UASB

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ETHANOL; LOADING; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DESULFOVIBRIO; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; METHANE YIELD; METHANOSAETA; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PERFORMANCE DETERIORATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; UASB;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; METHANE; SULFATE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BACTERIUM; ELECTRON; ETHANOL; METHANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROKARYOTE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DESULFOVIBRIO; DETERIORATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GAS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84876444778     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.137     Document Type: Article

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