Treatment of biogas produced in anaerobic reactors for domestic wastewater: Odor control and energy/resource recovery

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-114

  Noyola, Adalberto ^a   Morgan Sagastume, Juan Manuel ^a   López Hernández, Jorge E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b IBtech S A de C V   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anaerobic sewage treatment; Biogas; Biogas utilization; Denitrification; Hydrogen sulfide; Kyoto protocol; Methane; Odor control

Indexed keywords

EID: 32344432001     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-005-2754-6     Document Type: Article

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