Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; The author; 1. Introduction to anaerobic treatment; 1.1 Applicability of Anaerobic Systems; 1.2 Positive Aspects; 2. Principles of anaerobic digestion; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Microbiology of Anaerobic Digestion; 2.3 Biochemistry of Anaerobic Digestion; 2.4 Environmental Requirements; 3. Biomass in anaerobic systems; 3.1 Preliminaries; 3.2 Biomass Retention in Anaerobic Systems; 3.3 Evaluation of the Microbial Mass; 3.4 Evaluation of the Microbial Activity; 4. Anaerobic treatment systems; 4.1 Preliminaries; 4.2 Conventional Systems; 4.3 High-Rate Systems.
  • 4.4 Combined Treatment Systems5. Design of anaerobic reactors; 5.1 Anaerobic Filters; 5.2 Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactors; 6. Operational control of anaerobic reactors; 6.1 Importance of Operational Control; 6.2 Operational Control of the Treatment System; 6.3 Start-up of Anaerobic Reactors; 6.4 Operational Troubleshooting; 7. Post-treatment of effluents from anaerobic reactors; 7.1 Applicability and Limitations of the Anaerobic Technology; 7.2 Main Alternatives for the Post-Treatment of Effluents from Anaerobic Reactors; References.