Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests
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Holliger, Christof
Alves, Madalena
Andrade, Diana
Angelidaki, Irini
Astals, Sergi
Baier, Urs
Bougrier, Claire
Buffière, Pierre
Carballa, Marta
de Wilde, Vinnie
Ebertseder, Florian
Ficara, Elena
Fotidis, Ioannis
Frigon, Jean-Claude
Fruteau de Laclos, Hélène
Ghasimi, Dara S. M.
Hack, Gabrielle
Hartel, Mathias
Heerenklage, Joern
Sarvari Horvath, Ilona
Jenicek, Pavel
Koch, Konrad
Krautwald, Judith
Lizasoain, Javier
Liu, Jing
Mosberger, Lona
Nistor, Mihaela
Oechsner, Hans
Oliveira, João Vítor
Paterson, Mark
Pauss, André
Pommier, Sébastien
Porqueddu, Isabella
Raposo, Francisco
Ribeiro, Thierry
Rüsch Pfund, Florian
Strömberg, Sten
Torrijos, Michel
van Eekert, Miriam
van Lier, Jules
Wedwitschka, Harald
Wierinck, Isabella
Fecha de publicación
2016-09-19ISSN
0273-1223
Resumen
Production of biogas from different organic materials is a most interesting source of renewable energy.
The biomethane potential (BMP) of these materials has to be determined to get insight in design
parameters for anaerobic digesters. Although several norms and guidelines for BMP tests exist,
inter-laboratory tests regularly show high variability of BMPs for the same substrate. A workshop was
held in June 2015, in Leysin, Switzerland, with over 40 attendees from 30 laboratories around the world,
to agree on common solutions to the conundrum of inconsistent BMP test results. This paper presents
the consensus of the intense roundtable discussions and cross-comparison of methodologies used in
respective laboratories. Compulsory elements for the validation of BMP results were defined. They
include the minimal number of replicates, the request to carry out blank and positive control assays, a
criterion for the test duration, details on BMP calculation, and last but not least criteria for rejection of
the BMP tests. Finally, recommendations on items that strongly influence the outcome of BMP tests
such as inoculum characteristics, substrate preparation, test setup, and data analysis are presented to
increase the probability of obtaining validated and reproducible results.
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Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
504 - Ciencias del medio ambiente
Páginas
8
Publicado por
IWA Publishing
Publicado en
Water Science and Technology
Citación
Holliger, Christof, Madalena Alves, Diana Andrade, Irini Angelidaki, Sergi Astals, Urs Baier, and Claire Bougrier et al. 2016. "Towards A Standardization Of Biomethane Potential Tests". Water Science And Technology 74 (11): 2515-2522. doi:10.2166/wst.2016.336.
Program
Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
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