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Anaerobic Digestion

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Biological Treatment Processes

Part of the book series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ((HEE,volume 8))

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Anaerobic digestion results in the biological breakdown of the sludge into methane, carbon dioxide, unusable immediate organics and a small amount of cellular protoplasm, under anaerobic conditions, mainly for sludge stabilization and volume reduction. This chapter introduces anaerobic digestion theory, biochemistry, microbiology, organic loading, temperature control, digester design, gas collection, and methane gas use, maintenance, and design examples.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, 16945 Deerfield Drive, Strongsville, OH, 44136, USA

    Yung-Tse Hung

  2. Senior Environmental Engineer/Associate, Hole Montes, Inc., Naples, FL

    Jerry R. Taricska

  3. Emeritus Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

    David A. Long

  4. Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    J. Paul Chen & Shuai-Wen Zou

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  1. Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

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Taricska, J.R., Long, D.A., Chen, J.P., Hung, YT., Zou, SW. (2009). Anaerobic Digestion. In: Wang, L.K., Pereira, N.C., Hung, YT. (eds) Biological Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 8. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-156-1_14

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