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Effect of Improving Environmental Sustainability in Developing Countries by Upgrading Solid Waste Management Techniques: A Case Study
Vaccari, Mentore; Torretta, Vincenzo; Collivignarelli, Carlo - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 11, pp. 2852-2861
The present research has focused on a contribution to the improvement of solid waste management in a waste collectors’ cooperative located in Brazil (Marcos Moura district, Santa Rita, Paraiba State) through a technical and organizational up-grading. Collection, processing and final disposal...
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Design Methodology for Appropriate Technology: Engineering as if People Mattered
Sianipar, Corinthias P. M.; Yudoko, Gatot; Dowaki, Kiyoshi - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 8, pp. 3382-3425
Since the emerging of its idea circa four decades ago, Appropriate Technology (AT) had been proven as a comprehensive solution in a limited condition. However, practitioners & academia have different opinions with engineers on how an AT must be designed. Researchers had noted the crucial factors...
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Comparison of the Farming System and Carbon Sequestration between Conventional and Organic Rice Production in West Java, Indonesia
Komatsuzaki, Masakazu; Syuaib, M. Faiz - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 3, pp. 833-843
sustainability. …
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Pioneering in Marginal Fields: Jatropha for Carbon Credits and Restoring Degraded Land in Eastern Indonesia
Rooijen, Loes Willemijn van - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 2223-2247
the future financial value of a legally constructed commodity like carbon credits, the sustainability of the project …
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Environmental Sustainability and Economic Benefits of Dairy Farm Biogas Energy Production: A Case Study in Umbria
Torquati, Biancamaria; Venanzi, Sonia; Ciani, Adriano; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 6696-6713
renewable fuels, such as biogas. In fact, in the last decade numerous policy guidelines and laws regarding energy, the … environment and agriculture have been issued to encourage the use of animal sewage as a raw material for the production of biogas …. The production of energy from biogas in a dairy farm can provide a good opportunity for sustainable rural development …
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Energy Recovery from Wastewater Treatment Plants in the United States: A Case Study of the Energy-Water Nexus
Stillwell, Ashlynn S.; Hoppock, David C.; Webber, Michael E. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 4, pp. 945-962
from wastewater treatment plants via anaerobic digestion with biogas utilization and biosolids incineration with …
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Modelling the Potential Biogas Productivity Range from a MSW Landfill for Its Sustainable Exploitation
Rada, Elena Cristina; Ragazzi, Marco; Stefani, Paolo; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 1, pp. 482-495
A model of biogas generation was modified and applied to the case of a sanitary landfill in Italy. The modifications …. Results showed a significant variability of the maximal hourly biogas flows on a yearly basis, with consequences for the … highest biogas productivity in order to analyze the viability of biogas exploitation for energy purposes. This is useful also …
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Potential for Producing Biogas from Agricultural Waste in Rural Plants in Poland
Muradin, Magdalena; Foltynowicz, Zenon - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5065-5074
This article is an overview of the current situation as well as future prospects for biogas production in rural plants … food industry have substantial potential, many barriers persist to the development not only of biogas plants but also in … presents a case study of a biogas plant supply by organic, agrifood waste mixed with silage. …
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Mapping of Biomass Fluxes: A Method for Optimizing Biogas-Refinery of Livestock Effluents
Nardin, Francesca; Mazzetto, Fabrizio - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 5920-5940
the framework of the biogas supply chain. The bio-refinery will be analyzed as a unique system, from the farm to the … requirements. Integrated farms can implement farming activity with biogas production, possibly adding agricultural residues to the … anaerobically-digested biomass. Average biogas yields for cattle effluents range from 200 to 400 m<sup>3</sup> ton<sup>−1</sup> VS …
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Bioenergy Consumption and Biogas Potential in Cambodian Households
Mustonen, Suvisanna; Raiko, Risto; Luukkanen, Jyrki - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 5, pp. 1875-1892
conducted in Cambodia in 2009. Furthermore, the potential for biomethanation, residential biogas consumption and small …-scale power generation for non-electrified rural areas has been assessed. Household potential of biogas substrates in Cambodia … biogas production for various livelihood zones of Cambodia. The occurrence of biomass suitable for biomethanation is most …
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