How Does Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) Affect Methane Production from the Anaerobic Digestion of Waste-Activated Sludge?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 12253-12262

  Wang, Dongbo ^a,b   Zhao, Jianwei ^a   Zeng, Guangming ^a   Chen, Yinguang ^b   Bond, Philip L ^c   Li, Xiaoming ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

METHANE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; SEWAGE; WASTE;

ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOHYDRATE; DIGESTIBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; METHANE; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN; WASTEWATER; YIELD;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; STOICHIOMETRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEON; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROLYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METHANE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84945316327     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03112     Document Type: Article

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