@article{Mubarick Issahaku_Nana Sarfo Agyemang Derkyi_Francis Kemausuor_2022, title={Operation and Maintenance of Small-Scale Biogas Digesters: Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis of Literature}, volume={89}, url={https://asrjetsjournal.org/index.php/American_Scientific_Journal/article/view/7884}, abstractNote={<p>Biogas technology has matured over the years and is gaining acceptance; however, challenges with optimum operation and maintenance of digesters are a massive hurdle for developing countries that threaten the successful adoption of the technology. The failures of biogas digesters leading to the low diffusion of the technology in developing countries have been attributed to several factors spanning from social to technical. This study employed a scoping review and bibliometric analysis to synthesize literature in the Scopus database to map and discuss scientific knowledge. The synthesized data suggest the need for real-time monitoring systems for the optimal operations and maintenance of small-scale biogas digesters. A bibliometric analysis with the VOSviewer software of the study suggested that there is limited research output from developing countries such as Ghana. It, therefore, necessitates the need for conscious commitments from stakeholders to invest resources to advance research to address the challenge. </p>}, number={1}, journal={American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences}, author={Mubarick Issahaku and Nana Sarfo Agyemang Derkyi and Francis Kemausuor}, year={2022}, month={Sep.}, pages={184–215} }