Conventional mesophilic vs. thermophilic anaerobic digestion: Atrade-off between performance and stability?

Water Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 249-258

  Labatut, Rodrigo A ^a   Angenent, Largus T ^a   Scott, Norman R ^a  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Co digestion; LCFA; Loading rate; Manure; Mixing intensity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; FATTY ACIDS; FERTILIZERS; LIPIDS; MANURES; MIXING; REACTION RATES; STABILITY CRITERIA; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE;

CODIGESTION; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LCFA; LOADING RATE; MIXING INTENSITY; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; THERMOPHILIC TEMPERATURES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOG; FIBER; FOOD; LIPID DEGRADATION; MANURE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADSORPTION; CO-DIGESTION; LCFA; LOADING RATE; MANURE; MIXING INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CATTLE; DOGS; MANURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893756564     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.035     Document Type: Article

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