Effect of alkaline addition on anaerobic sludge digestion with combined pretreatment of alkaline and high pressure homogenization

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-172

  Fang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Panyue ^a   Zhang, Guangming ^b,c   Jin, Shuguang ^a   Li, Dongyi ^a   Zhang, Meixia ^a   Xu, Xiangzhe ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline pretreatment; Biogas production; High pressure homogenization; Organic degradation; Sludge disintegration

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; DISINTEGRATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; METHANE; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ALKALINE PRETREATMENT; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION; ORGANIC DEGRADATION; SLUDGE DISINTEGRATION;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; METHANE; BIOFUEL; SEWAGE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ALKALINITY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HIGH PRESSURE; HOMOGENEITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; HYPERBARISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SUPERNATANT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PRESSURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

EID: 84904984149     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.050     Document Type: Article

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