Water utilisation, energy utilisation and waste water management in the dairy industry: A review

International Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Rad, Salimeh Jabbari ^a   Lewis, Michael John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Dairy; Energy consumption; Optimisation; Waste production; Water use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892395543     PISSN: 1364727X     EISSN: 14710307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0307.12096     Document Type: Review

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