Improving the short-chain fatty acids production of waste activated sludge stimulated by a bi-frequency ultrasonic pretreatment

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 381-389

  Zhou, Aijuan ^a   Yang, Chunxue ^a   Kong, Fanying ^a   Liu, Dandan ^a   Chen, Zhaobo ^a,b   Ren, Nanqi ^a   Wang, Aijie ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bi frequency ultrasonic pretreatment; Short chain fatty acids; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84880248671     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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