Advances in Biogas Manufacture, Bioreactor Design, Biogas Utilization

A comprehensive book that reviews and analyzes most, if not all, developments that have taken place in the areas of biogas manufacture and biogas utilization during the last two decades. This includes choice of substrate for biogas manufacture, including multiple substrates, kinetics of biogas synthesis and established kinetic equations, design and analysis of bioreactors of different categories that could be successfully employed for commercial manufacture of biogas, such as conventional stirred tanks to different column reactors (fluidized bed, semifluidized bed and inverse fluidized bed biofilm reactors), sludge bed and sludge blanket reactors and downflow fixed film reactors.Computer aided design of each reactor (including development of software packages) has been discussed and the specific merits and demerits of each highlighted.Production of biomethane by enrichment of biogas, its desulfurization and its utilization as industrial fuel, automobile fuel, raw material for manufacture of various industrial chemicals,fertilizers,liquid hydrocarbons have been discussed in detail.Use of digester sludge for manufacture of high quality phosphatic biofertilizer is also presented.