Browsing by Subject "Anaerobic digestion"
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A multi-criteria decision support tool for the assessment of household biogas digester programmes in rural areas. A case study in Peru
(2018)
Article
Open AccessHousehold biogas digesters are a sustainable technology that can help rural families of low income countries meeting their basic energy needs and improving their standard of living. However, household biogas digester ... -
Agricultural reuse of the digestate from low-cost tubular digesters in rural andean communities
(2011-12)
Article
Open AccessThis research aimed at assessing the properties of guinea pig manure digestate from low-cost tubular digesters for crops fertilization in rural Andean communities. To this end, field trials were carried out to evaluate the ... -
Anaerobic digestion and electromethanogenic microbial electrolysis cell integrated system: Increased stability and recovery of ammonia and methane
(Elsevier Ltd, 2018-05-01)
Article
Open Access© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The integration of anaerobic digestion (AD) and a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) with an electromethanogenic biocathode is proposed to increase the stability and robustness of the AD process against ... -
Anaerobic digestion as a key process for sustainable organic waste management and energy production
(AGS Center, 2007)
Conference report
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Anaerobic digestion of solid fraction of pig slurry
(2002)
Conference lecture
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Análisis de la dinámica del nitrógeno en un sistema continuo acoplado contactor de membrana hidrofóbica / reactor anaerobio
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-07-15)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessCurrently the management of organic waste has become a major problem due to the fact that a bad management can produce emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and leaching of this waste can seep into contaminating ... -
Assessment of hydrothermal pretreatment of various lignocellulosic biomass with CO2 catalyst for enhanced methane and hydrogen production
(2017-09)
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Open AccessHydrothermal pretreatment of five lignocellulosic substrates (i.e. wheat straw, rice straw, biomass sorghum, corn stover and Douglas fir bark) were conducted in the presence of CO2 as a catalyst. To maximize disintegration ... -
Assessment of two-stage anaerobic digestion of blackwater and kitchen waste for reducing environmental impact of residential buildings
(Elsevier, 2023-06)
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Open AccessIn recent years, much attention has been directed towards municipal waste management since these residues has become a global challenge with increasing public health, environmental, social, and economic costs. Therefore, ... -
Benefits and risks of agricultural reuse of digestates from plastic tubular digesters in Colombia
(2021-11)
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Open AccessThe aim of this study is to characterize the digestates from three plastic tubular digesters implemented in Colombia fed with: i) cattle manure; ii) cattle manure mixed with cheese whey; iii) pig manure. All the digesters ... -
Biogas from algae via anaerobic digestion
(Springer, 2016)
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Biogas production from algae biomass grown in high rate ponds for wastewater treatment
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers de Camins Canals i Ports de Barcelona, 2011-11-15)
Conference lecture
Open AccessHigh rate ponds are wastewater treatment systems that combine heterotrophic bacteria and microalgae communities in a symbiosis relation, which triggers a series of reactions that eliminates pollutants from the water. ... -
Biogas production in low-cost household digesters at the Peruvian Andes
(2011-05)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyLow-cost tubular digesters originally developed in tropical regions have been adapted to the extreme weather conditions of the Andean Plateau (3000e4000 m.a.s.l.). The aim of this study was to characterise biogas production ... -
Characterization of the anaerobic digestion of proteins containing animal by-products, using simultaneous batch experiments
(Internatinal Water Association (IWA), 2013)
Conference lecture
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Citrus essential oils and their influence on the anaerobic digestion process: An overview
(2014-11)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyCitrus waste accounts for more than half of the whole fruit when processed for juice extraction. Among valorisation possibilities, anaerobic digestion for methane generation appears to be the most technically feasible and ... -
Codigestion of pig slurry and organic wastes from food industry
(1999)
Conference lecture
Open AccessAnaerobic digestion of pig slurry can be a good option to get a higher value for these wastes -
Comparative assessment of raw and digested pig slurry treatment in bioelectrochemical systems
(2016-08)
Article
Open AccessBoth raw and anaerobically digested pig slurries were investigated in batch assays in two chambered bioelectrochemical systems (BES) run in Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) and Microbial Electrolysis Cell (MEC) mode. Chemical ... -
Comparing pretreatment methods for improving microalgae anaerobic digestion: Thermal, hydrothermal, microwave and ultrasound
(2015-11-01)
Article
Open AccessThe anaerobic digestion of microalgae is hindered by its complex cell wall structure and composition. Thus, several pretreatment methods have been used for increasing microalgae anaerobic biodegradability. Since the methane ... -
Comparing pretreatment methods to improve the methane yield of microalgae grown in wastewater
(2013)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyMicroalgae have recently drawn attention as a potential resource for biofuels generation. In the short term, anaerobic digestion seems the most viable downstream process. Still, microalgae cell wall restrains the hydrolysis, ... -
Conceptualització i posada en marxa d'un bioreactor anaerobi per eliminar nitrogen
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09-14)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: IRTAThe biological removal of ammoniacal nitrogen (N) from wastewater has been carried out, usually, through combined nitrification-denitrification processes. With the discovery of the biological process of anaerobic oxidation ... -
Contribución al desarrollo y diseminación de la tecnología de digestores plásticos tubulares en la Sierra Peruana
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-04)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessDurante el periodo de Setiembre del 2011 - Marzo del 2012, se llevo a cabo la implementación de digestores en la sierra peruana. La principal actividad económica para la mayoría de la población de las zonas altas de la ...
