Influential Parameters on Biomethane Generation in Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Plants

Meisam Tabatabaei1,2, Alawi Sulaiman3, Ali M. Nikbakht4, Norjan Yusof5 and Ghasem Najafpour6 1Microbial Biotechnology and Biosafety Department, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Karaj 2Department of Bioprocess Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor 3Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 4Department of Farm Machinery Engineering Faculty of Agriculture,Urmia University, Urmia 5Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris , Tanjong Malim, Perak 6Biotechnology Research Lab., Faculty of Chemical Engineering Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol 1,4,6Iran 2,3,5Malaysia

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