Operating aerobic wastewater treatment at very short sludge ages enables treatment and energy recovery through anaerobic sludge digestion

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6546-6557

  Ge, Huoqing ^a   Batstone, Damien J ^a   Keller, Jurg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abattoir wastewater; Activated sludge; Biochemical methane potential; Nutrient removal; Pyrotag sequencing; Sequencing batch reactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BATCH REACTORS; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOOD PROCESSING; METHANE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ABATTOIR WASTEWATER; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL; CARBON REMOVAL; HIGH RATE; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PYROTAG SEQUENCING; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DIGESTIBILITY; ENERGY BUDGET; METHANE; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENERGY RECOVERY; FOOD PROCESSING; MEAT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ABATTOIR WASTEWATER; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PYROTAG SEQUENCING; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR;

ABATTOIRS; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; METHANE; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHORUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84886262997     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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