Effect of temperature on the performance of an anaerobic tubular reactor treating fruit and vegetable waste

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2143-2148

  Bouallagui, H ^a,b   Haouari, O ^a   Touhami, Y ^a   Ben Cheikh, R ^c   Marouani, L ^b   Hamdi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b Ctr Intl Technol l'E   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Energy balance; Fruit and vegetable waste; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS; THERMOPHILIC DIGESTERS; VEGETABLE WASTES;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

EID: 4344673694     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2003.11.022     Document Type: Article

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