Anaerobic digestion of food waste for volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production with different types of inoculum: Effect of pH

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2014, Pages 395-401

  Wang, Kun ^a,b   Yin, Jun ^a,b   Shen, Dongsheng ^a,b   Li, Na ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL KEY LABORATORY OF SOLID WASTE TREATMENT AND RECYCLING   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic fermentation; Food waste; Inoculum; PH; Volatile fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; FOOD WASTE; HYDROLYSIS; PH; PROPIONIC ACID;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; COMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EFFECT OF PH; INOCULA; INOCULUM; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS (VFAS);

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; FOOD; HYDROLYSIS; INOCULATION; PH;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BATCH FERMENTATION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FERMENTATION; FOOD WASTE; HYDROLYSIS; INOCULATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; EVALUATION STUDY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GARBAGE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 84898861697     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.088     Document Type: Article

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