Biochemical methane potential (BMP) of food waste and primary sludge: Influence of inoculum pre-incubation and inoculum source

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-25

  Elbeshbishy, Elsayed ^a   Nakhla, George ^a   Hafez, Hisham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b GreenField Ethanol Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biochemical methane potential; Food waste; Pre incubated inoculum; Waste to inoculum ratio

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL; FOOD WASTE; INOCULA; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANE YIELD; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SLUDGE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; PRE-INCUBATED INOCULUM; PRE-INCUBATION; PRIMARY SLUDGE; WASTE-TO-INOCULUM RATIO;

BIODEGRADATION; METHANE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; DIGESTION; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL; FOOD WASTE; INOCULATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FOOD; METHANE; SEWAGE;

EID: 84858279399     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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