Anaerobic treatment of glycerol for methane and hydrogen production

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-156

  Vlassis, T ^a,b   Antonopoulou, G ^a,b   Stamatelatou, K ^c   Lyberatos, G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; Biohydrogen; Fermentative hydrogen production; Glycerol; Initial glycerol concentration; Initial pH; Methane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862990188     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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