Online monitoring of stable carbon isotopes of methane in anaerobic digestion as a new tool for early warning of process instability

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 197, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-170

  Polag, D ^a   May, T ^b   Muller L ^c   Konig H ^b   Jacobi, F ^c   Laukenmann, S ^a   Keppler, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Microbiology and Wine Research   (Germany)

^c DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNÜTZIGE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Laser absorption spectroscopy; Process monitoring; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOGAS; ISOTOPES; METHANE; ORGANIC LASERS; PROCESS MONITORING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SPECTROMETERS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ACETOCLASTIC METHANOGENS; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOGENIC PATHWAYS; MONITORED PARAMETERS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PROCESS INSTABILITIES; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

CARBON; METHANE; STABLE ISOTOPE; BIOFUEL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOGAS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIGESTIBILITY; LASER METHOD; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ONLINE MONITORING; OPTICS; PORTABLE HIGH PRECISION LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETER; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; EURYARCHAEOTA; METABOLISM; TIME FACTOR;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940541257     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.058     Document Type: Article

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