Enhanced waste activated sludge digestion using a submerged anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor: Performance, sludge characteristics and microbial community

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yu, Hongguang ^a   Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Wu, Zhichao ^a   Zhu, Chaowei ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFUEL; METHANE; SEWAGE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEWAGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE;

EID: 84957552051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20111     Document Type: Article

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