Recovery of volatile fatty acids (VFA) from complex waste effluents using membranes

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 495-503

  Zacharof, M P ^a   Lovitt, R W ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Butyric acid; Effluents; Nanofiltration; Retention; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BUTYRIC ACID; EFFLUENTS; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; PH;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; DOW CHEMICALS; MULTICOMPONENTS; NF MEMBRANES; PERMEATE FLUX; RETENTION; RETENTION RATIO; WASTE EFFLUENTS;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; ALKALI; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ALKALINITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE; PH; RETENTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; PH; PRODUCTIVITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84896693043     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.717     Document Type: Article

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