Comparative assessment of single-stage and two-stage anaerobic digestion for the treatment of thin stillage

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 122-126

  Nasr, Noha ^a   Elbeshbishy, Elsayed ^a   Hafez, Hisham ^b   Nakhla, George ^a   Hesham El Naggar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b GreenField Ethanol Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Hydrogen; Single stage; Thin stillage; Two stage comprising hydrogen and methane

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENIC; BIO-HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; BIOMETHANE; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; METHANE YIELD; SINGLE STAGE; SINGLE-STAGE PROCESS; STILLAGE; TOTAL ENERGY; TOTAL VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; TWO STAGE; TWO-STAGE ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONS; TWO-STAGE PROCESS;

CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDROGEN; METHANE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

CARBOHYDRATE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY ACID; HYDROGEN; METHANE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGEN; METHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84858753803     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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