Effects of full-scale substrate pretreatment with a cross-flow grinder on biogas production

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 138-147

  Mönch Tegeder, Matthias ^a   Lemmer, Andreas ^a   Jungbluth, Thomas ^a   Oechsner, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas production; Horse manure; Lignocellulosic materials; Mechanical pretreatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922733157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16821130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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