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Biomass stabilization in the anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludges

C Arnaiz1, J C Gutierrez, J Lebrato

  • 1Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Ambiental, Escuela Universitaria Politécnica, Universidad de Sevilla, Virgen de Africa 7, 41011 Sevilla, Spain. mcarnaiz@us.es

Bioresource Technology
|July 12, 2005
PubMed

Keywords:
wastewater sludge treatmentanaerobic digestion processesbiomass stabilization methodssludge stabilization techniques

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