Characterizing food waste substrates for co-digestion through biochemical methane potential (BMP) experiments

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2664-2669

  Lisboa, Maria Sol ^a,b   Lansing, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Co digestion substrates; Covered lagoon digester; Dairy manure; Methane

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL; CHICKEN PROCESSING; CODIGESTION; DAIRY MANURES; FLUSHED DAIRY MANURE; LAGOON DIGESTERS; METHANE PRODUCTION; POTENTIAL METHANE PRODUCTIONS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANIMALS; MANURES; METHANE; SUBSTRATES;

MEATS;

METHANE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAGOON; MANURE; METHANE; SUBSTRATE; WASTE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD WASTE; MANURE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; TOTAL SOLID; VOLATILE SOLID; WASTE; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CO-DIGESTION SUBSTRATES; COVERED LAGOON DIGESTER; DAIRY MANURE; METHANE;

ANIMALS; BIOFUELS; CATTLE; GARBAGE; MANURE; METHANE;

EID: 84886085526     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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