Determination of organic silicon compounds in biogas from wastewater treatments plants, landfills, and co-digestion plants

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2666-2673

  Rasi, Saija ^a   Lehtinen, Jenni ^a   Rintala, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biogas; Biogas utilisation; Methane; Organic silicon compounds; Siloxanes

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS PLANTS; CODIGESTION; CONCENTRATION OF; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; LIFE-TIMES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILANOLS; TRIMETHYL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOGAS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY; LAND FILL; METHANE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOGAS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; ENGINE; LANDFILL; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954310205     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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