Effect of solids retention time on the bioavailability of organic carbon in anaerobically digested swine waste

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 162, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-20

  Kinyua, Maureen N ^a   Cunningham, Jeffrey ^a   Ergas, Sarina J ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Centrate; Denitrification; Methane production; Readily biodegradable COD

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; METHANE; PULP DIGESTERS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; CENTRATE; DENITRIFICATION RATE; EFFLUENT ORGANIC CARBONS; FURTHER TREATMENTS; METHANE PRODUCTION; READILY BIODEGRADABLE COD; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME;

EFFLUENTS;

ACETIC ACID; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; METHANE; MICROCOSM; ORGANIC CARBON; PIG; REACTION RATE; SOLID; TEMPORAL PERIOD; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRON; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; MANURE; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RESPIROMETRY; SOLID; SWINE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TIME; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; DENITRIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84898892726     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.111     Document Type: Article

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