RT info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
T1 Innovative approaches for enhancing the cost-efficiency of biological methane abatement
A1 Cantera Ruiz de Pellón, Sara
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales
K1 Biorreactores
K1 Biogás
AB Methane (CH4), which is considered the second most important greenhouse gas (GHG), represents nowadays 18 % of the total EU-28 GHG emissions and possesses a global warming potential 25 times higher than that of CO2 (in a 100 yr horizon). The methane produced during the anaerobic digestion of organic waste (wastewater and organic solid waste) can be collected and combusted for the generation of electricity and/or heat, thus replacing fossil fuels. However, methane can be only used for energy generation when its concentration in the emission is higher than 20 %. Unfortunately, more than 56 % of the anthropogenic CH4 emissions contain CH4 concentrations below 5 %, which significantly limits the implementation of energy recovery-based treatment technologies. Therefore, cost-efficient abatement methods to mitigate the pernicious environmental effects of residual CH4 emissions are required.
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31396
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31396
LA eng
NO Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
DS UVaDOC
RD 30-nov-2024