Operation of a two-stage fermentation process producing hydrogen and methane from organic waste

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1413-1419

  Ueno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Fukui, Hisatomo ^a,b   Goto, Masafumi ^a  

^a KAJIMA TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KAJIMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; COMMINUTION; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; PACKED BEDS;

HYDROGENOGENIC PROCESS; INTERNAL RECIRCULATION PACKED-BED REACTOR (IRPR); METHANOGENESIS;

WASTE UTILIZATION;

HYDROGEN; METHANE;

BIOREACTORS; COMMINUTION; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; PACKED BEDS; WASTE UTILIZATION;

BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; ORGANIC MATTER; RETENTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FERMENTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROFLORA; ORGANIC WASTE; PACKED BED REACTOR; PAPER; PILOT STUDY; STEADY STATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; WASTE;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERMENTATION; GARBAGE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; PAPER; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM;

EID: 33847232283     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062127f     Document Type: Article

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