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Environmental Bioengineering pp 773–807Cite as

Global Perspective of Anaerobic Treatment of Industrial Wastewater

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While anaerobic process had been widely used for stabilizing concentrated solids, the process long suffered a poor reputation because of lack of understanding regarding its fundamentals. Nearly a century later, anaerobic treatment is now arguably the most promising and favorable wastewater treatment system for meeting the desired criteria for future technology in environmentally sustainable development. The development of anaerobic processes, anaerobic biochemistry and microbiology, global applications, and applications of anaerobic processes for industrial wastewaters are discussed.

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  2. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Joo Hwa Tay Ph.D., P.E.

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Yung-Tse Hung Ph.D., P.E., DEE

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Show, K.Y., Tay, J.H., Hung, YT. (2010). Global Perspective of Anaerobic Treatment of Industrial Wastewater. In: Wang, L., Tay, JH., Tay, S., Hung, YT. (eds) Environmental Bioengineering. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 11. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-031-1_23

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