Anaerobic digestion of cyanobacteria and chlorella to produce methane for biofuel

Abiodun Jegede

Abstract


The methane potentials of cyanobacteria and chlorella have been investigated in eight different lab scale reactors at 25

Keywords


anaerobic digestion, biofuel, carbon dioxide (CO2), Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT), methane (CH4), chemical oxygen demand (COD), volatile fatty acids (VFAs)

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