An economical bioreactor for evaluating biogas potential of particulate biomass

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-109

  Wilkie, Ann C ^a   Smith, P H ^a   Bordeaux, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biochemical methane potential; Biogas; Bordeaux stirrer; Enrichment cultures; Gas tight bioreactor; Intermittent mixing; Particulate biomass; Treatability studies

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; FERMENTATION;

ANAEROBIC CULTURES;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOGAS; PLASTIC; RUBBER; STEEL;

BIOREACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREACTOR EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; EXPERIMENTATION; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE;

EID: 0345256356     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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