Anaerobic digestion by a fixed and fluidized hybrid reactor packed with carbon felt

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 24, Issue 6-8 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 893-899

  Yang, Yingnan ^a   Tsukahara, Kenichiro ^a   Sawayama, Shigeki ^a   Maekawa, Takaaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fixed bed; Fluidized bed; Hybrid reactor; Immobilization; Methane fermentation; Methanogens; SEM

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERMENTATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; METHANOGENS; MICROORGANISMS; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FIXED-BED; FLUIDIZED BED; HYBRID REACTORS; IMMOBILIZATION; METHANE FERMENTATION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 9444224985     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2004.08.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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