Trace element requirements of agricultural biogas digesters during biological conversion of renewable biomass to methane

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 992-998

  Demirel, B ^a,b   Scherer, P ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; Biomass; Methane; Renewable energy; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS DIGESTERS; BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION; CROP RESIDUE; ENERGY CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; ORGANIC WASTES; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TRACE METAL; TRACE METALS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; CROPS; ENERGY CONVERSION; METALS; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PULP DIGESTERS; SEWAGE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; BIOMASS POWER; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CROP RESIDUE; DIGESTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS PRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79451471501     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.022     Document Type: Review

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