Anaerobic digestion and nutrient recovery

In this chapter we analyze the digestion of biomass wastes and the processing, upgrading, and valorization of the major products, biogas and digestate, toward the production of chemicals and fertilizers. The mechanisms, thermodynamics, and kinetics of the various stages involved are studied, from the anaerobic digestion to the biogas clean-up, upgrading, and its use in synthesis as well as the digestate conditioning and nutrient recovery out of it.