Enhanced methane production from microalgal biomass by anaerobic bio-pretreatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2016, Pages 145-151

  He, Shuai ^a,b   Fan, Xiaolei ^a   Katukuri, Naveen Reddy ^a,b   Yuan, Xianzheng ^a   Wang, Fei ^a,b   Guo, Rong Bo ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Anaerobic pretreatment; Bacillus licheniformis; Chlorella sp; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACIDS; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CHLORELLA SP; ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; MICRO-ALGAE; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT PROCESS; SOLUBLE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS (VFAS);

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; METHANE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; BIOFUEL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GAS PRODUCTION; METHANE; MICROALGA;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORELLA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KINETIC PARAMETERS; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; GREEN ALGA; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLORELLA SP.;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROPHYTA; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HYDROLYSIS; METHANE; MICROALGAE;

EID: 84953880722     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.073     Document Type: Article

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