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Anaerobic Digestion: Mass Balances and Products

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    Abstract

    While the basic processes involved in anaerobic digestion of waste are described in Chapter 9.4 and the main digestion technologies are presented in Chapter 9.5, this chapter focuses on mass balances, gas production and energy aspects, environmental emissions and unit process inventories. Understanding these issues and being able to account for them is a prerequisite in digestion engineering and for establishing and running a successful anaerobic digestion facility. Of specific importance is the final use of the digestate. Use in agriculture as a fertilizer is described in Chapter 9.10 and use after composting of the digestate as a soil amendment product is analogous to issues presented in Chapter 9.9 for compost.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSolid Waste Technology and Management
    VolumeVolume 2. Chapter 9.6
    Place of PublicationChichester, West Sussex, UK
    PublisherWiley
    Publication date2011
    Pages618-627
    ISBN (Print)978-1-405-17517-3
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

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    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
      SDG 2 Zero Hunger

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