Optimizing the size of anaerobic digesters

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1029-1036

  Ghafoori, Emad ^a   Flynn, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogas plant; Centralized anaerobic digestion; Digestate processing; Manure transport; Optimum size; Power cost

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS PLANTS; CENTRALIZED ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DIGESTATE PROCESSING; MANURE TRANSPORT; POWER COST;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); POWER PLANTS;

MANURES;

BIOGAS; COST; GAS PRODUCTION; MANURE; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; PROCESSING; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; LETHBRIDGE; NORTH AMERICA;

BOS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 34447542838     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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