Bioenergy from anaerobic degradation of lipids in palm oil mill effluent

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-376

  Ahmad, Anwar ^a   Ghufran, Rumana ^a   Wahid, Zularisam Abd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

oxidation; Green house gas (GHG); Lipids; Long chain fatty acids (LCFAs); Palm oil mill effluent (POME)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 81755165891     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-011-9253-8     Document Type: Review

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