Life Cycle Assessment of Biogas Production in Small-scale Household Digesters in Vietnam |
Vu, T.K.V.
(National Institute of Animal Sciences)
Vu, D.Q. (Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) Jensen, L.S. (Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen) Sommer, S.G. (Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark) Bruun, S. (Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen) |
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