Sanitation ability of anaerobic digestion performed at different temperature on sewage sludge

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 888-897

  Scaglia, Barbara ^a   D'Imporzano, Giuliana ^a   Garuti, Gilberto ^b   Negri, Marco ^c   Adani, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Acqua e Sole srl   (Italy)

^c A2A S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Anaerobic digestion; Fecal coliform; Pathogen; Salmonella spp.; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL STABILITY; FECAL COLIFORM; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; MESOPHILIC CONDITION; SALMONELLA SPP; THERMOPHILIC CONDITIONS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; METHANE; PATHOGENS; SALMONELLA; SANITATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; BIOGAS; BUFFER; NITROGEN; METHANE; SEWAGE;

AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; FECAL COLIFORM; METHANE; PATHOGEN; SANITATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECAL COLIFORM; HELMINTH; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; SALMONELLA; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOREACTOR; CYTOLOGY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; HYMENOLEPIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; HYMENOLEPIS; ITALY; METHANE; OVUM; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84883033788     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.114     Document Type: Article

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