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Biogas Production—Laboratory and Pilot-plant Experiments

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Methane Production from Agricultural and Domestic Wastes

Part of the book series: Energy from Wastes Series ((EFWS))

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An essential preliminary to building of large-scale digester plant is small-scale tests to determine whether the proposed feedstock digests and what are the optimum conditions for digestion.

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Hobson, P.N., Bousfield, S., Summers, R. (1981). Biogas Production—Laboratory and Pilot-plant Experiments. In: Methane Production from Agricultural and Domestic Wastes. Energy from Wastes Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8102-7_7

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