Performance and bioparticle growth of anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) fed with low-strength domestic sewage

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 352-364

  Feng, Jing ^a   Wang, Yili ^a   Ji, Xueyuan ^a   Yuan, Dongqin ^a   Li, Hui ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anaerobic baffled reactor; bioparticles; low strength domestic wastewater; morphology; start up

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930786452     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-014-0638-0     Document Type: Article

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