Biochemenergy: A project to turn an urban wastes treatment plant into biorefinery for the production of energy, chemicals and consumer's products with friendly environmental impact

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-196

  Montoneri, Enzo ^a   Mainero, Davide ^b   Boffa, Vittorio ^a   Perrone, Daniele G ^a   Montoneri, Corrado ^c  

^a Dipartimento di Chimica Generale e Chimica Organica   (Italy)

^b ACEA Pinerolese Company   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Bio based products; Biorefinery; Biosurfactants; Urban wastes

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOENERGY; BIOGAS; COMPOST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POWER GENERATION; REFINING INDUSTRY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SURFACTANT; URBAN AREA; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80955126723     PISSN: 14666650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2011.043528     Document Type: Article

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