Conductive heating and microwave hydrolysis under identical heating profiles for advanced anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5040-5051

  Mehdizadeh, Seyedeh Neda ^a   Eskicioglu, Cigdem ^a   Bobowski, Jake ^a   Johnson, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biosolids pretreatment; Conductive heating; Microwave; Thermal hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HEATING; HYDROLYSIS; METHANE; MICROWAVES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXYGEN; SOLUBILITY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CONDUCTIVE HEATING; PRE-TREATMENT; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SLUDGE SOLUBILIZATION; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS; THERMOPHILIC TEMPERATURES; TOTAL VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; VOLUMETRIC ORGANIC LOADING;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; CARBOHYDRATE; HUMIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FATTY ACID; HEATING; HUMIC ACID; HYDROLYSIS; METHANE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SLUDGE; SOLUBILIZATION; SUGAR; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY YIELD; HEATING; HYDROLYSIS; MICROWAVE COOKING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLUBILIZATION; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOSOLIDS PRETREATMENT; CONDUCTIVE HEATING; MICROWAVE; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; HEATING; HYDROLYSIS; METHANE; MICROWAVES; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84883268134     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.05.055     Document Type: Article

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