Predicting methane production in simple and unheated biogas digesters at low temperatures

Applied Energy

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Pham, Cuong H ^a   Triolo, Jin M ^a   Sommer, Sven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Kinetics; Modelling; Psychrophilic; Psychrotrophic; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENZYME KINETICS; FORECASTING; MANURES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; METHANE; MODELS; TEMPERATURE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHANE PRODUCTION; PSYCHROPHILIC; PSYCHROTROPHIC; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SPECIFIC METHANE PRODUCTION;

PULP DIGESTERS;

BIOGAS; BIOMASS POWER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MANURE; METHANE; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; REACTION KINETICS;

DENMARK;

EID: 84907609816     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.057     Document Type: Article

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