Photosynthetic hydrogen evolution with volatile organic acids derived from the fermentation of source selected municipal solid wastes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 753-760

  Fascetti, E ^a   D'Addario, E ^a   Todini, O ^a,b   Robertiello, A ^a  

^a Eniricerche SpA   (Italy)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLID WASTES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BATCH-WISE EXPERIMENTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0032156504     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3199(97)00123-7     Document Type: Article

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