biomethanation

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ methanation

Noun

biomethanation (plural biomethanations)

  1. biological or biochemical methanation
    • 2015 December 23, “Analysis of the Microbial Community in an Acidic Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor (Hf-MBfR) Used for the Biological Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Methane”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0144999:
      Therefore, the advantages of hydrogenotrophic biomethanation, including biogas upgrading [10 ], its high CO 2 → CH 4 conversion ratio [11 ], and its tolerance to environmental perturbation in the field [12 ], can be used in anaerobic digestion under various conditions, such as in acidogenic reactors [9, 13 ].
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