Ultrasonic waste activated sludge disintegration for recovering multiple nutrients for biofuel production

Water Research

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 56-64

  Xie, Guo Jun ^a,b   Liu, Bing Feng ^a   Wang, Qilin ^b   Ding, Jie ^a   Ren, Nan Qi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Multiple nutrients; Ultrasound pretreatment; Waste activated sludge; Waste molasses

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; GLUCOSE; NUTRIENTS; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; ULTRASONICS;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; LIQUID MEDIA; MULTIPLE NUTRIENTS; SLUDGE DISINTEGRATION; SLUDGE FLOCS; TOTAL SUGARS; ULTRASONIC WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ULTRASOUND PRE TREATMENTS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES; WASTE MOLASS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; MOLASSES; ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; SEWAGE;

ACETIC ACID; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; LIQUID CULTURE; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS FAECALIS; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRASOUND; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

ETHANOLIGENENS HARBINENSE; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS FAECALIS;

ACETIC ACID; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; CARBOHYDRATES; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; MOLASSES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SEWAGE; ULTRASONICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84958185131     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.02.012     Document Type: Article

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