Effects of volatile fatty acid concentrations on methane yield and methanogenic bacteria

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 848-853

  Wang, Yuanyuan ^a   Zhang, Yanlin ^a   Wang, Jianbo ^a   Meng, Liang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Methane; Methanogenic bacteria; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA CONCENTRATIONS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; INHIBITORY EFFECTS; METHANE YIELDS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIA; OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL TABLES; PROPIONIC ACIDS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; METAL ANALYSIS; METHANE; PH EFFECTS;

ACIDS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; TESTING METHOD; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 63749117522     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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