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Anaerobic Digestion

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Biosolids Treatment Processes

Part of the book series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ((HEE,volume 6))

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Conversion of the organic material from solid wastes to methane-containing gases can be accomplished in a number of ways, including hydrogasification, pyrolysis, and anaerobic digestion. Hydrogasification is usually associated with the conversion of petrochemical raw materials. Although the process has been tried with solid wastes, it is not well defined and, therefore is not considered in this book. The production of methane from solid wastes by pyrolysis has been considered previously. The production of methane from solid wastes by anaerobic digestion, or anaerobic fermentation as it is often called, is described in the following discussion.

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  1. Hole Montes, Inc., Naples, FL

    Jerry R. Taricska PhD, PE, DEE (Senior Environmental Engineer/Associate)

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

    David A. Long PhD (Professor)

  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolculear Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    J. Paul Chen PhD (Assistant Professor) & Shuai-Wen Zou MEng (Research Fellow)

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

    Yung-Tse Hung PhD, PE, DEE (Professor)

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  1. Zorex Corporation, Newtonville, NY

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

  2. Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE  & Nazih K. Shammas PhD  & 

  3. Krofta Engineering Corporation, Lenox, MA

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Taricska, J.R., Long, D.A., Chen, J.P., Hung, YT., Zou, SW. (2007). Anaerobic Digestion. In: Wang, L.K., Shammas, N.K., Hung, YT. (eds) Biosolids Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 6. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-996-7_5

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