Isolation and characterization of surface-active fractions responsible for foam formation during anaerobic digestion of municipal wastes

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 359-365

  Pognani, Michele ^a   Scaglia, Barbara ^a   D'imporzano, Giuliana ^a   Adani, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

alkaline extracts; anaerobic digestion; critical micellar concentration; foam; humic substances; surfactant

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FOAMS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ALKALINE EXTRACTION; ALKALINE EXTRACTS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CRITICAL MICELLAR CONCENTRATIONS; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; ORGANIC FRACTIONS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 84992188404     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.12449     Document Type: Article

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