Assuring the sustainable production of biogas from anaerobic mono-digestion

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-34

  Lijó, Lucía ^a   González García, Sara ^a   Bacenetti, Jacopo ^b   Fiala, Marco ^b   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^a   Moreira, María Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogas production; Digestate management; Environmental profile; Maize silage; Pig slurry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMIDITY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; MAMMALS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLURRY PIPELINES; SUBSTRATES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; DIGESTATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; MAIZE SILAGE; PIG SLURRIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84899914983     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.03.022     Document Type: Article

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