Monitoring of the startup phase of one continuous anaerobic digester at pilot scale level

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 439-446

  Brambilla, Massimo ^a,c   Araldi, Fabio ^b   Marchesi, Mario ^b   Bertazzoni, Barbara ^b   Zagni, Matteo ^b   Navarotto, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ERSAF   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Classification models; Continuous monitoring; Pilot scale biogas plant; Start up

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS; BIOGAS PLANTS; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; CATTLE MANURES; CLASSIFICATION MODELS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DIGESTATE; FEEDING AMOUNT; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; METHANE PRODUCTION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL DATA; PILOT SCALE; PROCESS PARAMETERS; START-UPS; TOTAL INORGANIC CARBON;

ACETIC ACID; BIOGAS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COMPETITION; DATA HANDLING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MANURES; METHANE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; INORGANIC CARBON; MANURE; METHANE; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION;

BOS;

EID: 84355165220     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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