Energy recovery from wastewaters with high-rate anaerobic digesters

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue , 2013, Pages 704-741

  Tauseef, S M ^a   Abbasi, Tasneem ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Energy; Global warming; Methane; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANAEROBIC PROCESS; CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY RECOVERY; GLOBAL WARMING CONTROL; HIGH RATE; METHANE EMISSIONS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84871810828     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.11.056     Document Type: Review

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