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Biogas sanitation is the treatment of waste and wastewater by a process called anaerobic digestion. During anaerobic digestion, the organic matter in…
Last updated 05 June 2019
Large-scale anaerobic biogas digesters are reactors used for the conversion of the organic fraction of large volumes of slurries and sludge into…
Last updated 03 June 2019
Anaerobic biogas digesters are airtight reactors in which organic waste is decomposed and transformed into biogas by a biological process called…
Last updated 08 June 2019
Anaerobic digestion is one of the most widely used processes for the stabilisation of wastewater treatment plant sludge. Due to its capacity to…
Last updated 16 April 2019
An Anaerobic Filter (AF) is a fixed-bed biological reactor used for treating wastewater having non-settable and dissolved solids. As wastewater flows…
Last updated 16 April 2019
An anaerobic filter is a fixed-bed biological reactor with one or more filtration chambers in series. As wastewater flows through the filter,…
Last updated 31 May 2019
Businesses do not exist in isolation but have to be established in a market environment. At first, the industry sector in which the company operates…
Last updated 30 January 2019
Anammox stands for Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation. The process was discovered in the early nineties and has great potential for the removal of ammonia…
Last updated 03 June 2019
When faeces are stored in the absence of moisture (i.e., urine), they [8251-dehydrate] into a crumbly, white-beige coarse, flaky material or powder.…
Last updated 28 May 2019
Compost is the soil-like substance resulting from the controlled aerobic degradation of organics. Pit humus is the term used to describe the material…
Last updated 28 May 2019
Depending on the treatment type and quality, digested or stabilized sludge can be applied to public or private lands for landscaping or agriculture.
Last updated 28 May 2019
Stored urine is a concentrated source of nutrients that can be applied as a liquid fertilizer in agriculture and replace all or some commercial…
Last updated 28 May 2019