Landfills as a biorefinery to produce biomass and capture biogas

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 578-587

  Bolan, N S ^a   Thangarajan, R ^a   Seshadri, B ^a   Jena, U ^b   Das, K C ^b   Wang, H ^c   Naidu, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Greenhouse gas emission; Landfill; Methane; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; BIOMASS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; METHANE; PYROLYSIS; REFINING; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOREFINERIES; ECONOMIC MEANS; ENERGY CAPTURE; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; GAS RECOVERY SYSTEMS; LANDFILL SITE; LEACHATE GENERATION; POTENTIAL SOURCES;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

BIOGAS; FUEL; METHANE;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; LIQUEFACTION; METHANE; PYROLYSIS; REVEGETATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS LIQUEFACTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GASIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; REVIEW;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; METHANE; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84876723850     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.135     Document Type: Review

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