Membrane bioreactors potential for ethanol and biogas production: A review

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 1711-1723

  Ylitervo, Päivi ^a,b   Akinbomi, Julius ^a,c   Taherzadeh, Mohammad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

biogas; ethanol; filtration; membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; BIOREACTORS; ETHANOL; FILTRATION; SEPARATION;

CELL CONCENTRATIONS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT CONCENTRATION; SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

ALCOHOL; BIOGAS; FUEL;

BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; GAS PRODUCTION; MEMBRANE; SEPARATION;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84886060519     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.813559     Document Type: Article

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