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  • Title: Biomass stabilization in the anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludges.
    Author: Arnaiz C, Gutierrez JC, Lebrato J.
    Journal: Bioresour Technol; 2006 Jul; 97(10):1179-84. PubMed ID: 16006121.
    Abstract:
    Sludge stabilization processes include both volatile solid destruction and biomass stabilization. Traditionally, both processes have been considered together, in such a way that, when volatile solid destruction is achieved, the biomass is considered stabilized. In this study, volatile solids reduction and biomass stabilization in the anaerobic digestion of primary, secondary and mixed sludges from municipal wastewater treatment plants were researched in batch cultures by measurements of suspended solids and suspended lipid-phosphate. The estimated kinetic constants were higher in all sludge types tested for the biomass stabilization process, indicating that volatile solids destruction and biomass stabilization are not parallel processes, since the latter one is reached before the former.
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