Contribution of Liquid/Gas Mass-Transfer Limitations to Dissolved Methane Oversaturation in Anaerobic Treatment of Dilute Wastewater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 10366-10372

  Yeo, Hyeongu ^a   An, Junyeong ^a   Reid, Robertson ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^b   Lee, Hyung Sool ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DISSOLUTION; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; DISSOLVED METHANE; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; MASS TRANSFER RATE; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; TRANSPORT KINETIC;

LOADING;

GLUCOSE; METHANE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER;

BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLUCOSE; MASS TRANSFER; MASS TRANSPORT; METHANE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; GAS; KINETICS; LIQUID; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; MICROBIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PROCEDURES; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHANE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PERMEABILITY; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84941011826     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02560     Document Type: Article

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