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Anaerobic Digestion Processes in Industrial Wastewater Treatment

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  1. Sandra M. Stronach

    1. Public Health Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK

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  2. Thomasine Rudd

    1. Public Health Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK

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  3. John N. Lester

    1. Public Health Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Biotechnology Monographs (BIOTECHNOLOGY, volume 2)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. The Biochemistry of Anaerobic Digestion

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Microbiology of Anaerobic Digestion

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 21-38

  4. Forms of Biomass

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 39-58

  5. Influence of Environmental Factors

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 59-70

  6. Toxic Substances in Anaerobic Digestion

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 71-92

  7. Single-Stage Non-Attached Biomass Reactors

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 93-106

  8. Single-Stage Fixed-Film Filter and Contact Processes

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 107-120

  9. Single-Stage Fixed-Film Expanded Processes

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 121-133

  10. Developments in Reactor Design

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 135-147

  11. Start-Up of Anaerobic Bioreactors

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 149-160

  12. Economic Considerations

    • Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester
    Pages 161-174

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 175-184
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There have been many significant microbiological, biochemical and technological advances made in the understanding and implementation of anaerobic digestion processes with respect to industrial and domestic wastewater treatment. Elucida­ tion of the mechanisms of anaerobic degradation has permitted a greater control over the biological parameters of waste conversion and the technical advances achieved have reduced the time and land area requirements and increased the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of the various processes presently in use. By­ product recovery in the form of utilisable methane gas has become increasingly feasible, while the development of new and superior anaerobic reactor designs with increased tolerance to toxic and shock loadings of concentrated effiuents has established a potential for treating many extremely recalcitrant industrial wastestreams. The major anaerobic bioreactor systems and their applications and limitations are examined here, together with microbiological and biochemical aspects of anaerobic wastewater treatment processes. London, June 1986 S. M. Stronach T. Rudd J. N. Lester v Table of Contents 1 The Biochemistry of Anaerobic Digestion 1 1. 1 Kinetics of Substrate Utilisation and Bacterial Growth 3 1. 1. 1 COD Fluxes and Mean Carbon Oxidation State 3 1. 1. 2 Bacterial Growth and Biokinetics 4 1. 1. 2. 1 Growth and Single Substrate Kinetics 4 1. 1. 2. 2 Multisubstrate Systems . 8 1. 2 Kinetics and Biochemistry of Hydrolysis 8 1. 3 Kinetics and Biochemistry of Fermentation and J1-0xidation . 11 1.
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  • Public Health Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK

    Sandra M. Stronach, Thomasine Rudd, John N. Lester

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