Influence of ammonia concentration on thermophilic anaerobic digestion of cattle manure in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 477-483

  Borja, Rafael ^a   Sánchez, Enrique ^b   Weiland, Peter ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

^b NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

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EID: 0030067969     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0032-9592(95)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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