The anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) treating communal wastewater under mesophilic conditions: A review

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 463-478

  Reynaud, N ^a   Buckley, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Design optimisation; Developing countries; Full scale investigations

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTOR; DESIGN OPTIMISATION; DIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS; FULL-SCALE INVESTIGATIONS; FULL-SCALE REACTORS; MESOPHILIC CONDITION; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

LOADING;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DESIGN; DEVELOPING WORLD; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC BED REACTOR; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LABORATORY; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; REACTOR DESIGN; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; BIOREACTOR; SEWAGE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; SEWAGE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84958976403     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.539     Document Type: Article

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