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BIOCHEMICAL CONVERSION:
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
R
OBBERT
K
LEEREBEZEM
Department of Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology Group, Faculty of Applied
Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
ACRONYMS
CHO carbohydrates
CHP combined heat and power plant
LIP lipids
MSW municipal solid waste
NVMG normal volume of 1 mole of gas
OFMSW organic fraction of municipal solid waste
P-COD
particulate chemical oxygen demand
PR
protein
VFA
volatile fatty acids
SYMBOLS
COD
chemical oxygen demand
[g
O
2
kg
−1
]
m
n
−3
]
E
energy content of gas
[MJ
f
I
fraction of inert substrate
[
−
]
G
0
mol
−1
]
Δ
standard Gibbs free energy
[kJ
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