Producing biodiesel from fat, oil and grease (FOG) and other waste material at wastewater treatment plants

86th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2013

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 2024-2045

  Gardner, Erika R ^a   Shang, Yun ^a   Yuan, Yuan ^b   Gray, Donald M D ^a  

^a EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT   (United States)

^b Bay Systems Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuel; Brown grease; Desulfurization; Methane to methanol; Mycolic acid; Nocardia; Renewable energy; Sulfur standard

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; DESULFURIZATION; GAS ADSORPTION; SEWAGE; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SULFUR; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODIESEL FEEDSTOCK; DE-SULFURIZATION PROCESS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE OXIDATIONS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; NOCARDIA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SULFUR REMOVAL PROCESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 84959455862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2175/193864713813673910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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