Anaerobic treatment of fortified municipal wastewater in temperate climates

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1280-1288

  Lester, John ^a   Jefferson, Bruce ^a   Eusebi, Anna Laura ^b   Mcadam, Ewan ^a   Cartmell, Elise ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dissolved methane; Organic loading; Psychrophilic; Psychrotolerant

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED METHANE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; ORGANIC LOADINGS; PSYCHROPHILIC; PSYCHROTOLERANT; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; LOADING; METHANE; MILITARY ENGINEERING; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EFFLUENTS;

BIOGAS; METHANE;

ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATE; EFFLUENT; EXPANDED BED REACTOR; FLOW RATE; HYDROLYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879239251     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.3972     Document Type: Article

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