Biomass Digestion to Methane in Agriculture: A Successful Pathway for the Energy Production and Waste Treatment Worldwide

Biofuels

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 171-195

  Weiland, Peter ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^b   Van Haandel, Adrianus ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion of biomass to biogas; Application frequency of co substrates; Biogas production configurations; Biogas production potential; Biogas utilization; Biomass digestion to methane in agriculture; Microbial conversion of energy crops and organic wastes; Renewable Energy Act (EEG); Vinasse and bagasse digestion and burning undigested bagasse residue

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649118160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470754108.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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