Development of a Novel Process Integrating the Treatment of Sludge Reject Water and the Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 10877-10885

  Frison, Nicola ^a   Katsou, Evina ^a,b   Malamis, Simos ^a,c   Oehmen, Adrian ^d   Fatone, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD SUPPLY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; 3-HYDROXYVALERATE; NITROGEN REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN REMOVAL VIA NITRITES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; RENEWABLE SOURCES; THERMOPLASTIC PROCESSING;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AMMONIA; BIOPOLYMER; NITRITE; NITROGEN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; WATER; BETA-HYDROXYVALERIC ACID; SEWAGE; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; PLASTIC; POLYMER; PROCESSING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; NITRITES; NITROGEN; PENTANOIC ACIDS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84941729896     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01776     Document Type: Article

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