Anaerobic Treatment and Resource Recovery from Methanol Rich Waste Gases and Wastewaters

1 General introduction 
1.1. Background 
1.2. Problem description 
1.3. Research objectives  
1.4. Thesis structure 
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2 Literature review 
2.1. Methanol in the pulping industry  
2.2. Bioreactors for gas-phase methanol degradation 
2.3. Anaerobic methanol utilization 
2.4. Waste derived volatile fatty acids 
2.5. Other industrial waste gases  
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3 Selenate and thiosulfate reduction using methanol as electron donor 
Abstract  
3.1. Introduction  
3.2. Materials and methods  
3.3. Results 
3.4. Discussion  
3.5. Conclusions  
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4 Performance of a biotrickling filter for anaerobic utilization of gas-phase methanol coupled to thiosulphate reduction and resource recovery through volatile fatty acids production  
Abstract 
4.1. Introduction 
4.2. Materials and methods  
4.3. Results and discussion  
4.4. Conclusions 
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5 Gas-phase methanol fed anaerobic biotrickling filter for the reduction of selenate under step and continuous feeding conditions
Abstract 
5.1. Introduction 
5.2. Materials and methods  
5.3. Results  
5.4. Discussion 
5.5. Conclusions 
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6 Selenate bioreduction using methane as the electron donor in a biotrickling filter 
Abstract  
6.1. Introduction  
6.2. Materials and methods 
6.3. Results 
6.4. Discussion 
6.5. Conclusions 
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7 Volatile fatty acid production from Kraft mill foul condensate in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors 
Abstract 
7.1. Introduction 
7.2. Materials and methods 
7.3. Results 
7.4. Discussion 
7.5. Conclusions
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8 Volatile fatty acid adsorption on anion exchange resins: kinetics and selective recovery of acetic acid 
Abstract 
8.1. Introduction 
8.2. Materials and methods 
8.3. Results and discussion 
8.4. Conclusions 
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9 General discussion, conclusions 
9.1. General discussion 
9.2. VFA production from gas-phase methanol 
9.3. VFA production from liquid-phase methanol 
9.4. Methanol rich effluents as carbon source for the reduction of S and Se oxyanions 
9.5. VFA recovery using ion-exchange resins 
9.6. Future perspectives 
9.7. Conclusions 
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