Effects of pre-treatment and bioaugmentation strategies on the anaerobic digestion of chicken feathers

Anaerobic digestion of raw chicken feather waste and its co-digestion with poultry litter were assessed in batch assays. Following, two strategies were evaluated to improve methane production from chicken feathers: (i) waste pre-hydrolysis through thermochemical treatment using lime and sodium hydro...

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Main Author: Costa, J. C. (author)
Other Authors: Barbosa, S. G. (author), Sousa, D. Z. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/22616
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/22616