Fenton pre-treatment of secondary sludge to enhance anaerobic digestion: Energy balance and greenhouse gas emissions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 283, Issue , 2016, Pages 285-292

  Pilli, Sridhar ^a   More, T T ^a   Yan, S ^a   Tyagi, R D ^a   Surampalli, R Y ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Energy balance; Fenton treatment; Geenhouse gas emissions

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY BALANCE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; METHANE; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

COST EFFECTIVE; ENERGY RECOVERY; FENTON TREATMENT; METHANE PRODUCTION; PRETREATMENT PROCESS; SECONDARY SLUDGE; TOTAL DRY SOLIDS; TREATMENT PROCESS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84939531446     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.07.056     Document Type: Article

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