Household biogas digesters-A review

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2911-2942

  Rajendran, Karthik ^a   Aslanzadeh, Solmaz ^a   Taherzadeh, Mohammad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biogas; Fixed dome digesters; Floating drum digesters; Household digesters; Plug flow digesters; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; DOMES; SUBSTRATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIO-ENERGY; FIXED DOME DIGESTERS; FLOATING DRUM DIGESTERS; HOUSEHOLD DIGESTERS; PLUG FLOW DIGESTER;

PULP DIGESTERS;

EID: 84866182939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5082911     Document Type: Review

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