An innovative small sized anaerobic digester integrated in historic building

Energy Procedia

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 333-341

  Cotana, Franco ^a   Petrozzi, Alessandro ^a   Pisello, Anna Laura ^a   Coccia, Valentina ^a   Cavalaglio, Gianluca ^a   Moretti, Elisa ^b  

^a Biomass Research Centre   (Italy)

^b CIRIAF Interuniversitary Research Centre on Phisical Agentes Pollution   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocells; Biogas; Pilot plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893640978     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.01.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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