A full-scale study of mixing and foaming in egg-shaped anaerobic digesters

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 192, Issue , 2015, Pages 461-470

  Subramanian, Bhargavi ^a   Miot, Alexandre ^b   Jones, Bonnie ^b   Klibert, Corey ^b   Pagilla, Krishna R ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion foaming; Egg shaped digesters; Gordonia amarae; Mixing

Indexed keywords

MIXING; POLLUTION CONTROL; PULP DIGESTERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; GORDONIA; MIXING EFFECTS; MIXING FREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TOTAL SOLIDS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOAM; HOMOGENEITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THRESHOLD;

AERATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHAPED DIGESTER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOAM; FOAMING; GORDONIA AMARAE; MIXER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GORDONIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

GORDONIA AMARAE;

SEWAGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; SEWAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84931274815     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.023     Document Type: Article

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