A review on the state-of-the-art of physical/chemical and biological technologies for biogas upgrading

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 727-759

  Muñoz, Raúl ^a,b   Meier, Leslie ^b   Diaz, Israel ^a   Jeison, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biomethane; Biotechnologies; Carbon dioxide removal; Hydrogen sulfide removal; Siloxane removal; Trace biogas contaminants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948095867     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: 15729826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-015-9379-1     Document Type: Review

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