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Antagonistic and synergistic effects of two mineral support particles on the hydrolysis and methanation of waste water in immobilized cell anaerobic digesters

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The kinetic constant K 0, determined under a range of substrate loadings, was used to compare immobilized cell anaerobic digesters treating abattoir and milk bottling waste waters. Two types of mineral support were evaluated, sepiolite and bentonite, and found to influence significantly the process kinetics. Sepiolite promoted the digestion of the milk bottling waste whereas bentonite promoted the digestion of abattoir waste. Possible reasons as to why these effects are observed are proposed based on the composition of the waste water.

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  1. Instituto de la Grasa (C.S.I.C.), Avda. Padre García Tejero 4, E-41012, Sevilla, Spain

    R. Borja & G. M. Maestrojuan

  2. Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering, UMIST, P.O. Box 88, M60 1QD, Manchester, UK

    C. J. Banks & Z. Wang

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Borja, R., Banks, C.J., Maestrojuan, G.M. et al. Antagonistic and synergistic effects of two mineral support particles on the hydrolysis and methanation of waste water in immobilized cell anaerobic digesters. Biotechnol Lett 16, 859–864 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00133968

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