High-rate anaerobic waste-water treatment using the UASB reactor under a wide range of temperature conditions

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 253-

  Lettinga, G ^a   Hulshoff Pol, L W ^a   Koster, I W ^a   Wiegant, W M ^a   De Zeeuw, W J ^a   Rinzema, A ^a   Grin, P C ^a   Roersma, R E ^a   Hobma, S W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84946450743     PISSN: 02648725     EISSN: 20465556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02648725.1984.10647801     Document Type: Article

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