The impact of increasing energy crop addition on process performance and residual methane potential in anaerobic digestion

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 55-63

  Lindorfer, Harald ^a   Perez Lopez C ^b,c   Resch, C ^b,c   Braun, R ^b,c   Kirchmayr, R ^b,c  

^a Schaumann BioEnergy GmbH   (Germany)

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

^c Institute for Agrobiotechnology Tulln   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agricultural biogas plants; Co digestion; Digestate quality; Energy crops; Organic loading rate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; FEEDSTOCKS; GAS PLANTS; METHANE;

AGRICULTURAL BIOGAS PLANT; ENERGY CROP; ORGANIC LOADING RATE;

GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE;

BIOGAS; METHANE; NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; FEEDSTOCKS; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; GAS PLANTS; METHANE;

BIOGAS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY CROP; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CROP PRODUCTION; EFFLUENT; MANURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC WASTE; PROCESS MONITORING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MANURE; METHANE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 38049076957     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.728     Document Type: Article

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