Agricultural biogas production in Germany - from practice to microbiology basics

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-21

  Lebuhn, Michael ^a   Munk, Bernhard ^a   Effenberger, Mathias ^b  

^a Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture   (Germany)

^b Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biogas production; Early warning; Energy supply on demand; Engineering; Microbiology; Molecular biology; Process control

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOGAS TECHNOLOGIES; COST BENEFIT RATIO; EARLY WARNING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TOOLS; MONITORING AND CONTROL; ON DEMANDS;

BIOGAS;

AGROECOLOGY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOGAS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DIGESTIBILITY; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY BALANCE; MICROBIOLOGY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84925411435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-0567-4-10     Document Type: Review

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