Abatement of siloxanes in sewage biogas: coupling adsorption and biological treatments

The anaerobic digestion of organic matter causes the formation of biogas that can be used in energy conversion systems for the production of electricity and heat, injection into the gas grid or as a fuel. However, biogas includes a wide range of trace contaminants, from which siloxanes are the most...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Santos Clotas, Eric
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/668712
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/668712
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Siloxanes
Sustainable activated carbon
Carbó activat sostenible
Carbono activado sostenible
Biogas
Adsorption
Absorció
Adsorción
Wastewater treatment plants
Depuradores d'aigües residuals
Depuradoras de aguas residuales
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Sumario:The anaerobic digestion of organic matter causes the formation of biogas that can be used in energy conversion systems for the production of electricity and heat, injection into the gas grid or as a fuel. However, biogas includes a wide range of trace contaminants, from which siloxanes are the most harmful since, during biogas combustion reactions, they promote serious damage to energy conversion units. The most commonly used technology to reduce their concentration in biogas is adsorption into activated carbon. Despite the high efficiency in the elimination of siloxane, the frequent replacement of exhausted activated carbon increases the operating costs of the technology. In this thesis, different types of activated carbon both commercial and experimental from the valorization of waste have been evaluated. Moreover, biological technologies have also been applied such as biotrickling filtration and membrane bioreactors, with the objective of increasing the sustainability in the purification of biogas.