Mitigation strategies in the agro-food sector: The anaerobic digestion of tomato purée by-products. An Italian case study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 526, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-97

  Bacenetti, Jacopo ^a   Duca, Daniele ^b   Negri, Marco ^a   Fusi, Alessandra ^c   Fiala, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogas; Food by product; Italy; Life Cycle Assessment; Renewable energy; Residues valorization

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; BYPRODUCTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FERTILIZERS; FRUITS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; OZONE LAYER;

FOOD BY-PRODUCTS; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESIDUES VALORIZATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOGAS; METHANE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOGAS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METHANE; OZONE DEPLETION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OZONE DEPLETION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; TOMATO; AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ITALY;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIOSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84928331290     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.069     Document Type: Article

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