Transition of municipal sludge anaerobic digestion from mesophilic to thermophilic and long-term performance evaluation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 385-394

  Tezel, Ulas ^a,b   Tandukar, Madan ^a,c   Hajaya, Malek G ^a,d   Pavlostathis, Spyros G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c North American Höganäs High Alloys LLC   (United States)

^d TAFILA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acidogenesis; Anaerobic digestion; Methanogenesis; Municipal sludge; Temperature transition

Indexed keywords

METHANE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ACIDOGENESIS; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; METHANOGENESIS; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; TEMPERATURE TRANSITION; THERMOPHILIC DIGESTERS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS (VFAS);

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL RNA; METHANE; PHOSPHATE; PROPIONIC ACID; RNA 16S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; SEWAGE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; FATTY ACID; GAS PRODUCTION; METHANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; DIGESTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; METHANOGENESIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; THERMOPHILY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPROTHERMOBACTER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GAS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DOSAGE; HYDROLYSIS; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPERATION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; STEADY STATE; THERMOANAEROBACTERIACEAE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIGESTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; REACTOR; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; METHANE; METHANOSARCINALES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906491771     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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