Enhancement of sludge reduction and methane production by removing extracellular polymeric substances from waste activated sludge

Chemosphere

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 552-558

  Nguyen, Minh Tuan ^a   Mohd Yasin, Nazlina Haiza ^a   Miyazaki, Toshiki ^a   Maeda, Toshinari ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances; Methane production; Sludge disintegration; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DISINTEGRATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; METHANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERS;

DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; LOW-CARBON SOCIETIES; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANOGENIC COMMUNITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; SLUDGE DISINTEGRATION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; EDETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HUMIC ACID; LIPID; METHANE; URONIC ACID; BIOPOLYMER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EDTA; EXOPOLYMER; FLOCCULATION; HYDROLYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADHESION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DRY WEIGHT; FLOCCULATION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE; SLUDGE REDUCTION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOPOLYMERS; FLOCCULATION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922231530     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.08.055     Document Type: Article

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