Biogas from microalgae: Technologies, challenges and opportunities

HM Zabed, S Akter, J Yun, G Zhang, Y Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Production of biogas from microalgae has been receiving significant attention since 1950s,
as microalgae are capable of rapidly growing in the non-arable land area and accumulating …

Anaerobic digestion in global bio-energy production: potential and research challenges

L Appels, J Lauwers, J Degrève, L Helsen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2011 - Elsevier
It is clear that renewable resources will play a crucial role in limiting the CO2 emissions.
Energy from biomass and waste is regarded as one of the most dominant future renewable …

Effect of increasing total solids contents on anaerobic digestion of food waste under mesophilic conditions: performance and microbial characteristics analysis

J Yi, B Dong, J Jin, X Dai - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The total solids content of feedstocks affects the performances of anaerobic digestion and
the change of total solids content will lead the change of microbial morphology in systems. In …

A critical review on the interaction of substrate nutrient balance and microbial community structure and function in anaerobic co-digestion

R Xu, K Zhang, P Liu, A Khan, J Xiong, F Tian… - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Anaerobic co-digestion generally results in a higher yield of biogas than mono-digestion,
hence co-digestion has become a topic of general interest in recent studies of anaerobic …

Anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge, food waste and yard waste: Synergistic enhancement on process stability and biogas production

L Mu, L Zhang, K Zhu, J Ma, M Ifran, A Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic co-digestion (co-AD) could be a more sustainable waste management solution by
sharing the existed anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities and generating more biogas energy …

Clostridia: the importance of their exceptional substrate and metabolite diversity for biofuel and biorefinery applications

BP Tracy, SW Jones, AG Fast, DC Indurthi… - Current opinion in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Clostridia are anaerobic Firmicutes producing a large array of metabolites by utilizing simple
and complex carbohydrates, such as cellulose, as well as CO2/H2 or CO. Their exceptional …

Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion processes of vegetable and fruit residues: process and microbial ecology

EI Garcia-Peña, P Parameswaran, DW Kang… - Bioresource …, 2011 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the feasibility of methane production from fruit and vegetable waste
(FVW) obtained from the central food distribution market in Mexico City using an anaerobic …

Problematic effects of antibiotics on anaerobic treatment of swine wastewater

DL Cheng, HH Ngo, WS Guo, SW Chang… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Swine wastewaters with high levels of organic pollutants and antibiotics have become
serious environmental concerns. Anaerobic technology is a feasible option for swine …

A review on two-stage anaerobic digestion options for optimizing municipal wastewater sludge treatment process

R Nabaterega, V Kumar, S Khoei… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although two-staged anaerobic digestion (AD) is not a new process, information about
process stability and optimum operating conditions for improving its overall performance and …

Mathematical modelling of anaerobic digestion of biomass and waste: Power and limitations

J Lauwers, L Appels, IP Thompson, J Degrève… - Progress in Energy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is an excellent technique for the energetic valorisation of various types
of biomass including waste forms. Because of its complex nature, the optimisation and …