Survey of causes and prevention/control of anaerobic digester foaming – A werf study

WEFTEC 2012 - 85th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 7876-7900

  Subramanian, Bhargavi ^a   Pagilla, Krishna ^a   Wold, Derek ^b   O’Dell, Sean E ^b   Poole, Amanda ^b   Long, J Hunter ^c   Pitt, Paul ^c   Sharp, Robert R ^d  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Baxter and Woodman Inc   (United States)

^c Vice President Residuals Group Practice Leader   (United States)

^d MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic Digestion; Foaming; Gordona amarae; Microthrix parvicella; Survey

Indexed keywords

RUNWAY FOAMING; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; GORDONA AMARAE; MICROTHRIX PARVICELLA; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE MATERIALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 85031922098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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