Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests

Christof Holliger; Madalena Alves; Diana Andrade; Irini Angelidaki; Sergi Astals; Urs Baier; Claire Bougrier; Pierre Buffière; Marta Carballa; Vinnie de Wilde; Miriam Van Eekert; Jules Van Lier

doi:10.2166/wst.2016.336

Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests

Christof Holliger^*, Madalena Alves, Diana Andrade, Irini Angelidaki, Sergi Astals, Urs Baier, Claire Bougrier, Pierre Buffière, Marta Carballa, Vinnie de Wilde, Miriam Van Eekert, Jules Van Lier

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Abstract

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. A workshop was held in June 2015 in Leysin Switzerland to agree on common solutions to the conundrum of inconsistent BMP test results. A discussion covers actions and criteria that are considered compulsory ito accept and validate a BMP test result; and recommendations concerning the inoculum substrate test setup and data analysis and reporting ito obtain test results that can be validated and reproduced.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2515-2522
Journal	Water Science and Technology
Volume	74
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2016.336
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Anaerobic digestion
Batch assays
Biomethane potential (BMP)
Organic materials
Standardized protocol

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