Microbial community dynamics of a continuous mesophilic anaerobic biogas digester fed with sugar beet silage

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-398

  Demirel, B ^a   Neumann, L ^a   Scherer, Paul ^a  

^a Hochschule fur Angewandte Wissenschaften   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; Biomass; Microbial community

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; MANURES; METHANE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR BEETS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOGAS DIGESTERS; BUFFERING CAPACITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; METHANE; PHOSPHATE; VOLATILE AGENT;

BIOGAS; FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SILAGE; SUGAR BEET;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CROP; FERMENTATION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MANURE; MESOPHILE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT; PH; SAFETY; SILAGE; SUGAR BEET;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 51649112229     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200800010     Document Type: Article

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