Dark fermentative hydrogen production: From concepts to a sustainable production

Microbial Fuels: Technologies and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 219-274

  da Silva Moura, Patrícia Madeira ^a   Ortigueira, Joana Resende ^a   Valdez Vazquez, Idania ^b   Saratale, Ganesh Dattatray ^c   Saratale, Rijuta Ganesh ^c   da Silva, Carla Alexandra Monteiro ^d  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^c Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION; DARK FERMENTATIVE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PROCESS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; THERMO CHEMICAL PROCESS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85029246978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781351246101     Document Type: Chapter

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