Conversion of H2 and CO2 to CH4 and acetate in fed-batch biogas reactors by mixed biogas community: A novel route for the power-to-gas concept

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Szuhaj, Márk ^a   Ács, Norbert ^a   Tengölics, Roland ^b   Bodor, Attila ^a   Rákhely, Gábor ^a,b   Kovács, Kornél L ^a,b   Bagi, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biomethane; Carbon dioxide; Hydrogen; Hydrogenotrophic methanogens; Power to biomethane (P2B); Power to gas

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; GASES; HYDROGEN; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOGENS;

BIOMETHANE; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; HYDROGENOTROPHIC METHANOGENS; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MESOPHILIC TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION;

BATCH REACTORS;

BIOGAS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

EID: 84969584373     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0515-0     Document Type: Article

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