Fungal degradation of coal as a pretreatment for methane production

Fuel

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 717-725

  Haider, Rizwan ^a   Ghauri, Muhammad A ^a   Sanfilipo, John R ^b   Jones, Elizabeth J ^b   Orem, William H ^b   Tatu, Calin A ^b   Akhtar, Kalsoom ^a   Akhtar, Nasrin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal biosolubilization; Coal methanogenesis; Penicillium chrysogenum

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL ENTITY; COAL BIOSOLUBILIZATION; COAL CONVERSION; COAL FIELDS; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; FUNGAL DEGRADATION; FUNGAL ISOLATES; GC-MS ANALYSIS; HUMIC ACID; HUMINITE; LIGNITE RESERVES; LOW RANK COALS; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANOGENESIS; MONTANA , USA; NITROGEN SOURCES; ORGANIC FUNCTIONALITIES; ORGANICS; PAKISTAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PRE-TREATMENT; QUALITATIVE ESTIMATES;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIOASSAY; COAL DEPOSITS; FUNGI; GLUCOSE; LIGNITE; METHANE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

PROVEN RESERVES;

EID: 84870447130     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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