How can we improve biomethane production per unit of feedstock in biogas plants?

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2013-2018

  Asam, Zaki ul Zaman ^a   Poulsen, Tjalfe Gorm ^b   Nizami, Abdul Sattar ^c   Rafique, Rashad ^c   Kiely, Ger ^c   Murphy, Jerry D ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biogas; Grass; Maize; Manure; Methane; Pig slurry

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CROPS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FEEDSTOCKS; GLOBAL WARMING; MANURES; METHANE; PRODUCTIVITY; SLURRY PIPELINES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT;

BIOGAS PLANTS; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOMETHANE; COSUBSTRATES; DRY SOLIDS; ENERGY CROPS; ENERGY SECURITY; GRASS; LABORATORY SCALE; LOW WATER-CONTENT; MAIZE; MAIZE SILAGE; MANURE FIBER; MANURE SEPARATION; PER UNIT; PIG SLURRIES; SOLID MANURE; VOLATILE SOLID;

SUBSTRATES;

BIOFUEL; BIOGAS; BIOMASS POWER; GRASS; LABORATORY METHOD; MAIZE; MANURE; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH WORK; RETENTION; SILAGE; SLURRY; SUBSTRATE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WATER CONTENT;

SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951511610     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.12.036     Document Type: Article

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