Monitoring foaming potential in anaerobic digesters

Waste Management

Volumn 75, Issue , 2018, Pages 280-288

  Jiang, Chenjing ^a,b   Qi, Rong ^c   Hao, Liping ^a   McIlroy, Simon Jon ^a   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Foam height propensity; Foam stability; Foaming; Foaming potential aeration test

Indexed keywords

PULP DIGESTERS; RUNWAY FOAMING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; FOAM STABILITY; FOAMING POTENTIAL; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; STANDARDIZED METHODS; TOTAL SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

AERATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; FOAM; HEIGHT; MONITORING; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW RATE; FOAMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

DENMARK;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; DENMARK; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 85046024121     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.02.021     Document Type: Article

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