Applicability and trends of anaerobic granular sludge treatment processes

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-202

  Lim, Seung Joo ^a   Kim, Tak Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; EGSB; Granule; SGBR; UASB

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; EGSB; GRANULE; HIGH STRENGTH WASTEWATER; SGBR; STATIC GRANULAR BED REACTORS; UASB; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; GRANULATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SLUDGE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84891372906     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.11.011     Document Type: Review

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