Baseline study of methane emission from open digesting tanks of palm oil mill effluent treatment

Chemosphere

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1575-1581

  Yacob, Shahrakbah ^a,b   Hassan, Mohd Ali ^b   Shirai, Yoshihito ^a   Wakisaka, Minato ^a   Subash, Sunderaj ^c  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Felda Palm Industries Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic open digesting tank; Greenhouse gases (GHG); Methane (CH4); Palm oil mill effluent (POME)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; CARBON; GASEOUS EFFLUENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; METHANE; REMOVAL; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VEGETABLE OILS;

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; METHANE EMISSION; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS (POME);

GAS EMISSIONS;

BIOGAS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; PALM OIL;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; METHANE EMISSION;

EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHANE;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EFFLUENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MALAYSIA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ELAEIS;

EID: 19344369334     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.11.040     Document Type: Article

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