Foam formation in biogas plants caused by anaerobic digestion of sugar beet

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 178, Issue , 2015, Pages 270-277

  Moeller, Lucie ^a   Lehnig, Marcus ^b   Schenk, Joachim ^b   Zehnsdorf, Andreas ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Foam formation; Pectin; Sugar beet

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR BEETS; UREA;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BIOGAS PLANTS; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; DIGESTATE; DIVALENT IONS; FOAM FORMATION; PECTIN; PROMOTING EFFECT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BIOGAS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; INORGANIC SALT; ION; PECTIN; SUCROSE; UREA; BIOFUEL; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CATION; METHANE; OXIDE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGESTIBILITY; FERMENTATION; FOAM; GAS PRODUCTION; POWER PLANT; SILAGE; SUCROSE; SUGAR BEET; UREA;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOAM; FOAMING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SILAGE; SUGAR BEET; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BEET; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BETA VULGARIS; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CATIONS; FERMENTATION; METHANE; OXIDES; PECTINS; SILAGE; SUCROSE; UREA;

EID: 84920134963     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.098     Document Type: Article

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