Carbon balance of anaerobic granulation process: Carbon credit

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1734-1739

  Wong, Biing Teo ^a   Show, K Y ^b   Lee, D J ^a   Lai, J Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic granulation; Carbon credit; Certified emission reductions; Clean development mechanism; Methane

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GRANULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; METHANE; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

A CARBONS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS; ANAEROBIC GRANULATION; ANAEROBIC GRANULATIONS; ANAEROBIC PROCESSES; ANAEROBIC SYSTEMS; CARBON BALANCES; CARBON CREDIT; CARBON CREDITS; CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; ENERGY RECOVERIES; GRANULAR SYSTEMS; HIGH ORGANIC LOADINGS; HIGH STRENGTHS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIMES; KYOTO PROTOCOLS; METHANE EMISSIONS; SCALING UP; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; UASB REACTORS; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CARBON BALANCE; ENERGY RECOVERY; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 57049165935     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.09.045     Document Type: Article

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