This book presents a state-of-the-art report on the treatment of pulp
and paper industry effluents using anaerobic technology. It covers a
comprehensive range of topics, including the basic reasons for anaerobic
treatment, comparison between anaerobic and aerobic treatment, effluent
types suitable for anaerobic treatment, design considerations for
anaerobic treatment, anaerobic reactor configurations applied for
treatment of pulp and paper industry effluents, present status of
anaerobic treatment in pulp and paper industry, economic aspects,
examples of full scale installations and future trends.