Bioenergy Production by Anaerobic Digestion = Using Agricultural Biomass and Organic Wastes Edited

The rapid uptake of anaerobic digestion

Part I Legislation and energy Policy: 1. Sustainable agriculture and greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 2. Energy and Agricultural Policy in Relation to Biomethane, with Particular Reference to th Transport Sector -- 3. Biomethane Production and Land Use Change -- Part II: Feedstocks: 4. Grass and Grass Silage: Agronomical Characteristics and Biogas Production -- 5. Maize and Maize Silage for Biomethane Production -- 6. Suitability of Microalgae and Seaweeds for Biomethane Production -- 7. Organic Wastes for Biomethane Production -- 8. Industrial Residues for Biomethane Production -- Part III: Anaerobic Digestion Technology: 9. Anaerobic Digesters: Perspectives and Challenges -- 10. Biogas Upgrading and Compression -- 11. Storage and Distribution of Biomethane -- 12. Variation in Anaerobic Digestion: Need for Process Monitoring -- 13. General Principles of Data Warehouse and Data Mining in Anaerobic Digestio -- Part IV: MolecularBiology and Population Dynamics: 14. Microbial Communities and their Dynamics in Biomethane Production -- 15. The role of molecular biology in optimizing anaerobic digestion and biomethane production -- Part V: Sustainability in Anaerobic Digestion: 16. Life Cycle Assessment as a Tool for AssessingBiomethane Production Susatinability -- 17. The use of digestate as a substitute for manufactured fertilizer -- 18. The sustainability of small scale anaerobic digesters at farm scale -- 19. Biogas technology for developing contries; an approach to sustainable development -- 20. Concluding remarks