Integrated production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) with municipal wastewater and sludge treatment at pilot scale

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 181, Issue , 2015, Pages 78-89

  Morgan Sagastume, F ^a   Hjort, M ^a   Cirne, D ^b   Gerardin F ^b   Lacroix, S ^b   Gaval, G ^b   Karabegovic, L ^a   Alexandersson, T ^a   Johansson, P ^a   Karlsson, A ^a   Bengtsson, S ^a   Arcos Hernandez M V ^a   Magnusson, P ^a   Werker, A ^a  

^a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies   (Sweden)

^b Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

Municipal wastewater treatment; Pilot scale; Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production; Sludge fermentation; Volatile fatty acid (VFA)

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; FOOD SUPPLY; SOLS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FERMENTATION PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATED PRODUCTION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PILOT SCALE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; READILY BIODEGRADABLE COD; SLUDGE FERMENTATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; FERMENTATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SLUDGE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GORDONIA; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROTHRIX; MIXED MICROBIAL CULTURE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE FERMENTATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLUBILIZATION; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BELGIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CITY; FERMENTATION; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BELGIUM; BRUSSELS [BELGIUM];

BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BELGIUM; BIOMASS; CITIES; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84921873418     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.01.046     Document Type: Article

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