Anaerobic digestion of poultry litter: A review

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 677-688

  Singh, K ^a   Lee, K ^b   Worley, J ^b   Risse, L M ^b   Das, K C ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Animal waste; Chicken manure; Gasification; Methane; Poultry litter

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION TECHNOLOGY; ANAEROBIC PROCESS; ANIMAL WASTE; BEDDING MATERIALS; CHICKEN MANURE; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC WASTES; POULTRY LITTER; REGIONAL SCALE; WASTE REDUCTION; WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; MANURES; METHANE; NUTRIENTS; SEWAGE; WASTE UTILIZATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 77957197591     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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