Life cycle assessment of biogas production in small-scale household digesters in Vietnam

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 716-729

  Vu, T K V ^a,b   Vu, D Q ^a,b,c   Jensen, L S ^a,c   Sommer, S G ^a,d   Bruun, S ^a,c  

^a National Institute of Animal Sciences   (Viet Nam)

^b Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Digestate; Euthrophication; Global warming; Manure; Methane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927633636     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: 19765517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.14.0683     Document Type: Article

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