An innovative sewage sludge reduction by using a combined mesophilic anaerobic and thermophilic aerobic process with thermal-alkaline treatment and sludge recirculation

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 274-282

  Cho, Hyun Uk ^a   Park, Sang Kyu ^a   Ha, Jeong Hyub ^a   Park, Jong Moon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

High efficiency digestion system; Mesophilic anaerobic reactor; Methane production; Sludge reduction; Thermal alkaline treatment; Thermophilic aerobic reactor

Indexed keywords

METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GAS PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; METHANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SOLUBILIZATION;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; FERMENTATION; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

HIGH EFFICIENCY DIGESTION SYSTEM; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC REACTOR; METHANE PRODUCTION; SLUDGE REDUCTION; THERMAL-ALKALINE TREATMENT; THERMOPHILIC AEROBIC REACTOR;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84883045667     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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