Buffer requirements for enhanced hydrogen production in acidogenic digestion of food wastes

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5097-5102

  Zhu, Heguang ^a,b   Parker, Wayne ^b   Basnar, Robert ^b   Proracki, Alex ^b   Falletta, Pat ^a   Béland, Michel ^a   Seto, Peter ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buffering effect; Food waste; Hydrogen fermentation; pH; Volatile fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENESIS; ACIDOGENIC; BUFFER REQUIREMENTS; BUFFERING EFFECT; BUTYRIC ACIDS; EFFECT OF PH; FOOD WASTE; HYDROGEN FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; INITIAL PH; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; PH BUFFERS; PROPIONIC ACIDS; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACIDS; ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; GAS PRODUCERS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METABOLISM;

PH EFFECTS;

ACETIC ACID; BUFFER; BUTYRIC ACID; HYDROGEN; PROPIONIC ACID;

ALKALINITY; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; PH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACIDS; BUFFERS; CARBOHYDRATES; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FOOD; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 67650257152     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.02.066     Document Type: Article

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