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Science 9 March 1984:
Vol. 223. no. 4640, pp. 1021 - 1028
DOI: 10.1126/science.223.4640.1021
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Methane from Anaerobic Fermentation

Donald L. Klass 1

1 Vice president, Education, at the Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616.

Conventional anaerobic digestion is an established technology for wastewater stabilization, but methane production rates and net energy yields are generally too low to make the process competitive as a source of methane. Numerous improvements are being developed to make conversion of plant biomass to methane and simultaneous waste stabilization-methane production practical. Among these improvements are innovative-digester designs and process configurations. Efforts to commercialize modern anaerobic digestion technology are progressing.


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