Doubling the organic loading rate in the co-digestion of energy crops and manure - A full scale case study

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1148-1156

  Lindorfer, H ^a,b   Corcoba, A ^a,b   Vasilieva, V ^a,b   Braun, R ^a,b   Kirchmayr, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Institute for Agrobiotechnology Tulln   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Digester performance; Energy crops; Process enhancement; Residual methane potential

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DEGRADATION; MANURES; METHANE;

DIGESTER PERFORMANCE; ENERGY CROPS; PROCESS ENHANCEMENT; RESIDUAL METHANE POTENTIAL;

BIOGAS;

BIOGAS; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; DEGRADATION; MANURES; METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; DECOMPOSITION; EFFLUENT; ENERGY CROP; MANURE; METHANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOENERGY; CROP; FIELD EMISSION; GAS; MANURE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTUM YIELD;

ANIMALS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MANURE; SWINE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 37049032089     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.02.033     Document Type: Article

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