Seaweed biomass of the Philippines: Sustainable feedstock for biogas production

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 1056-1068

  Marquez, Gian Powell B ^a   Santiañez, Wilfred John E ^b   Trono Jr , Gavino C ^b   Montaño, Marco Nemesio E ^b   Araki, Hiroshi ^a   Takeuchi, Hisae ^a   Hasegawa, Tatsuya ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; Methane; Methanogens; Philippines; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOFUELS; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; FEEDSTOCKS; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; METHANOGENS;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOGAS TECHNOLOGIES; BIOMASS SUPPLY; ELEMENTAL COMPONENTS; MANAGED HARVESTING; METHANE FERMENTATION; PHILIPPINES;

SEAWEED;

EID: 84905191678     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.056     Document Type: Review

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