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Effects of particle size on anaerobic digestion of food waste
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In this paper, the effects of particle size reduction and solubilization on biogas production from food waste (FW) were investigated in detail, where substrates of various particle sizes were prepared by bead milling to support hydrolysis.About:
This article is published in International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation.The article was published on 2010-10-01. It has received 386 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Anaerobic digestion & Biogas.read more
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Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced biogas production.
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the methods that have been studied for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for conversion to biogas is presented, including physical, chemical, and biological approaches.
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Reviewing the anaerobic digestion of food waste for biogas production
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the characteristics of food waste, the principles of anaerobic digestion, the process parameters, and two approaches (pretreatment and co-digestion) for enhancing AD in food waste.
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Pretreatment methods to enhance anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste
Javkhlan Ariunbaatar,Javkhlan Ariunbaatar,Antonio Panico,Giovanni Esposito,Francesco Pirozzi,Piet N.L. Lens +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of pretreatment techniques to enhance the anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste, including mechanical, thermal, chemical and biological methods, is presented, in terms of their efficiency, energy balance, environmental sustainability as well as capital, operational and maintenance costs.
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Food waste-to-energy conversion technologies: Current status and future directions
Thi Phuong Thuy Pham,Rajni Kaushik,Ganesh K. Parshetti,Russell Mahmood,Rajasekhar Balasubramanian +4 more
TL;DR: The present review synthesizes the current knowledge available in the use of technologies for food-waste-to-energy conversion involving biological, thermal and thermochemical technologies and proposes future directions for more effective utilization of food waste for renewable energy generation from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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The effects of substrate pre-treatment on anaerobic digestion systems: a review.
TL;DR: Overall, substrates containing lignin or bacterial cells appear to be the most amendable to pre-treatment for enhancing AD, followed by energy crops/harvesting residues and organic waste from food industry and manure.
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Optimisation of the anaerobic digestion of agricultural resources.
TL;DR: Current optimisation techniques associated with anaerobic digestion are reviewed and possible areas where improvements could be made are suggested, including the basic design considerations of a single or multi-stage reactor configuration, the type, power and duration of the mixing regime and the retention of active microbial biomass within the reactor.
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Anaerobic digestion of swine manure: Inhibition by ammonia
TL;DR: A stable anaerobic degradation of swine manure with ammonia concentration of 6 g-N/litre was obtained in continuously stirred tank reactors with a hydraulic retention time of 15 days, at four different temperatures as discussed by the authors.