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Article | REF: J3942 V1

Biological treatment of wastewater

Author: Jean-Claude BOEGLIN

Publication date: December 10, 1998

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4. Anaerobic biological treatments

4.1 Anaerobic biochemical processes of methanization

Methanization or methane digestion, widely used to stabilize sludge from urban wastewater treatment plants, is a biological treatment for the decontamination of liquid organic effluents by anaerobic fermentation. Digestion converts most of the organic carbon into a combustible biogas made up largely of methane .

Nowadays, given the high cost of energy, anaerobic...

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