Using cheese whey for hydrogen and methane generation in a two-stage continuous process with alternative pH controlling approaches

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3713-3717

  Venetsaneas, Nikolaos ^a,b   Antonopoulou, Georgia ^a,b   Stamatelatou, Katerina ^a,b   Kornaros, Michael ^a,b   Lyberatos, Gerasimos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Cheese whey; Fermentation; Hydrogen; Methane

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BIOREACTORS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS; CHEESE WHEY; CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; FERMENTATIVE HYDROGEN PRODUCTIONS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATES; MESOPHILIC; METHANE PRODUCTIONS; PH CONTROLS; TWO STAGES; TWO-STAGE PROCESS;

ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FERMENTATION; GAS PRODUCERS; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANATION; METHANE; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; PROCESS CONTROL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BICARBONATE; BIOGAS; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

ALKALINITY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; PH;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEESE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; MESOPHILE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; WHEY;

CHEESE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; MILK PROTEINS;

EID: 65549168727     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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