Biogas production from thin stillage on an industrial scale-experience and optimisation

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5642-5655

  Moestedt, Jan ^a,b   Påledal, Sören Nilsson ^a   Schnürer, Anna ^b   Nordell, Erik ^a  

^a Tekniska verken i Linköping AB ^*  (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Anaerobic digestion; Full scale; Sulphate; Thin stillage; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGAS; FUELS; NITROGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STABILITY CRITERIA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTE TREATMENT;

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; FULL-SCALE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; SULPHATES; SYNTROPHIC ACETATE OXIDATIONS; THIN STILLAGE;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84887514020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6115642     Document Type: Article

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