Small-scale household biogas digesters: An option for global warming mitigation or a potential climate bomb?

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 736-741

  Bruun, Sander ^a   Jensen, Lars Stoumann ^a   Khanh Vu, Van Thi ^b   Sommer, Sven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asia; Biogas production; Cooking fuels; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Manure; Methane

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FERTILIZERS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANURES; METHANE;

ASIA; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BREAK-EVEN POINT; COOKING FUELS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIMITED INFORMATION;

BIOGAS;

EID: 84896342687     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.02.033     Document Type: Review

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