Ensiling of seaweed for a seaweed biofuel industry

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2015, Pages 301-313

  Herrmann, Christiane ^a   FitzGerald, Jamie ^a   O'Shea, Richard ^a   Xia, Ao ^a   O'Kiely, Pádraig ^b   Murphy, Jerry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Anaerobic storage; Methane yield; Seaweed; Silage

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOFUELS; EFFLUENTS; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC STORAGE; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; FERMENTABLE CARBOHYDRATE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTIC ACID FERMENTATION; METHANE YIELD; SILAGE;

SEAWEED;

BIOFUEL; LACTIC ACID; METHANE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; BIOGAS; CARBOHYDRATE; EFFLUENT; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; METHANE; OPTIMIZATION; SEAWEED; SILAGE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENSILING; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCORHIZA LATISSIMA; SACCORHIZA POLYSCHIDES; SEAWEED; SILAGE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULVA; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METABOLISM;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID; METHANE; SEAWEED; SILAGE;

EID: 84938679756     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.07.098     Document Type: Article

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