Mesophilic biogas production from fruit and vegetable waste in a tubular digester

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-89

  Bouallagui, H ^a   Ben Cheikh, R ^b   Marouani, L ^a   Hamdi, M ^c  

^a Centre International des Technologies de l'Environnement de Tunis CITET   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; Fruit and vegetable waste; Tubular digester

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; FRUITS; METHANOGENS; PH EFFECTS; WASTES;

HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME (HRT);

BIOGAS;

BIOGAS; METHANE;

FOOD; GAS; RECYCLING;

BIOGAS; FOOD; RECYCLING; WASTE;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; METHANOBACTERIUM; ORGANIC WASTE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; VEGETABLE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; FRUIT; GASES; KINETICS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0037210079     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00097-4     Document Type: Article

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