Organic silicon compounds in biogases produced from grass silage, grass and maize in laboratory batch assays

Energy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-142

  Rasi, S ^a   Seppala M ^a   Rintala, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; Energy crops; Methane; Siloxanes

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; CROPS; METHANE; SILICON;

DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; ENERGY CROPS; FEEDING MATERIAL; METHANE POTENTIAL; METHANE YIELD; OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; SILOXANES; VOLATILE SOLID;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BIOASSAY; BIOGAS; DIGESTIBILITY; ENERGY CROP; LABORATORY METHOD; METHANE; SILICON;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84875804553     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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