Technical and operational feasibility of psychrophilic anaerobic digestion biotechnology for processing ammonia-rich waste

Applied Energy

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-55

  Massé, Daniel I ^a   Rajagopal, Rajinikanth ^a   Singh, Gursharan ^a,b  

^a SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonia inhibition; Biomass acclimation; Pig manure; Psychrophilic anaerobic digestion; Sequencing batch reactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; MANURES; METHANE;

AMMONIA INHIBITION; AMMONIA NITROGEN; BIOMASS ACCLIMATION; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY; PIG MANURES; PROCESS STABILITY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

AMMONIA;

ACCLIMATION; AMMONIA; ANIMAL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEASIBILITY STUDY; INHIBITION; MANURE; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; STABILIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTE;

ANIMALIA; GADIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84893648376     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.01.034     Document Type: Article

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