Innovative pretreatment strategies for biogas production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 224, Issue , 2017, Pages 13-24

  Patinvoh, Regina J ^a   Osadolor, Osagie A ^a   Chandolias, Konstantinos ^a   Sárvári Horváth, Ilona ^a   Taherzadeh, Mohammad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biogas; Fruit and food waste; Keratin waste; Lignocellulosic residue; Pretreatment strategies; Syngas

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CELLULOSE; FERMENTATION; FLAVOR COMPOUNDS; FRUITS; KERATIN; LIGNIN; SYNTHESIS GAS;

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; FOOD WASTE; INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES; LIGNOCELLULOSIC RESIDUES; PHYSICAL PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENT; SYN-GAS;

BIOGAS;

AMMONIA; BIOGAS; CELLULOSE; KERATIN; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; BIOFUEL;

AMMONIA; BIOGAS; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CELLULOSE; FERMENTATION; FOOD; FRUIT; GAS; GAS PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; LIGNIN; WASTE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOLEACHING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FERMENTATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD WASTE; GASIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; RAPID DECOMPRESSION; REVIEW; SURFACE AREA; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HYDROLYSIS; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOGAS; BIOMASS; FERMENTATION; GASIFICATION; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PRETREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85006507481     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.11.083     Document Type: Review

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