Methane yields and digestion dynamics of press fluids from mechanically dehydrated maize silages using different types of digesters

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 294-305

  Bühle, Lutz ^a   Reulein, Jürgen ^a   Stülpnagel, Reinhold ^a   Zerr, Walter ^b   Wachendorf, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Hessen State Laboratory Schloss Eichhof   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Digester type; Maize; Methane; Press fluid

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; DEGREE OF DEGRADATION; DIGESTER TYPE; FIXED-BED DIGESTER; MAIZE; MAIZE SILAGE; METHANE YIELD; RETENTION TIME; VOLATILE SOLID;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DYNAMICS; FERMENTATION; METHANE; PULP DIGESTERS;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860514737     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-011-9127-5     Document Type: Article

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