Continuous anaerobic hydrogen and methane production using water hyacinth feedstock

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2563-2571

  Lay, Chyi How ^a   Sen, Biswarup ^b   Chen, Chin Chao ^c   Lin, Chiu Yue ^a,c  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AMITY UNIVERSITY HARYANA   (India)

^c CHUNG CHOU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic fermentation; Continuous system; Hydrogen and methane production; Operation strategy; Water hyacinth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975860072     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-016-2035-4     Document Type: Article

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