Investigation of foaming causes in three mesophilic food waste digesters: Reactor performance and microbial analysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  He, Qin ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Zhao, Xiaofei ^a   Qu, Li ^a   Wu, Di ^a   Peng, Xuya ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; FOOD; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SURFACE TENSION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FOOD; NITROGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 85031944424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14258-3     Document Type: Article

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