Sustainable agro-food industrial wastewater treatment using high rate anaerobic process

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 292-311

  Rajagopal, Rajinikanth ^a   Saady, Noori M Cata ^a   Torrijos, Michel ^b   Thanikal, Joseph V ^c   Hung, Yung Tse ^d  

^a SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

^d Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro food wastewater; Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; High rate systems; Sustainable wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; HYBRID SYSTEMS;

AGRO FOODS; ANAEROBIC FIXED-BED REACTORS; HIGH-RATE ANAEROBIC PROCESS; HIGH-RATE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; SUSTAINABLE WASTEWATER TREATMENTS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AGROINDUSTRY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84883171967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5010292     Document Type: Review

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