Enhancing methane production from waste activated sludge using combined free nitrous acid and heat pre-treatment

Water Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-80

  Wang, Qilin ^a   Jiang, Guangming ^a   Ye, Liu ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Free nitrous acid; Heat; Methane; Pathogen; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); HEATING; INORGANIC ACIDS; METHANE; PATHOGENS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SUBSTRATES;

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION; BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL; CLASS A BIOSOLIDS; FREE NITROUS ACIDS; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; METHANE PRODUCTION; SUBSTRATE AVAILABILITIES; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

METHANE; NITROUS ACID; SEWAGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; METHANE; SUBSTRATE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEAT; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROLYSIS; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROUS ACID; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84903385742     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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