Technical assessment of bioenergy recovery from cotton stalks through anaerobic digestion process and the effects of inexpensive pre-treatments

Applied Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 251-260

  Adl, Mehrdad ^a,c   Sheng, Kuichuan ^a   Gharibi, Arash ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NIROO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biogas; Cotton; Energy balance; Hydrothermal; Lignocellulosic; Methane yield

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; COTTON; ENERGY BALANCE; LIQUIDS; METHANE; RECYCLING; WASTE HEAT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS; ANAEROBIC PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; BIO-ENERGY; C:N RATIO; COTTON STALK; DILUTE AMMONIA SOLUTION; DRY MATTERS; FEED STREAMS; HOT WATER; HYDROTHERMAL; LIGNOCELLULOSIC; METHANE YIELD; PILOT REACTORS; PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; SEMI-CONTINUOUS FEEDING; SOLIDS CONTENT; TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT;

LIQUID METHANE;

AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOENERGY; BIOGAS; CARBON; CELLULOSE; COTTON; ENERGY BALANCE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; INOCULATION; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; RECYCLING; SLUDGE; STABILIZATION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 84857992532     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.065     Document Type: Article

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