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Protocol for Start-Up and Operation of CSTR Biogas Processes

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There is currently a lack of consensus on how biogas processes should be started and run in order to obtain stable, efficient operation. Agreement on start-up and operating parameters would increase the quality of research, allow better comparison of scientific results and increase the applicability of new findings in a general perspective. It would also help full-scale operators avoid common costly mistakes during start-up and operation of biogas processes. The biogas protocol presented in this paper describes appropriate approaches for characterisation of substrate, determination of methane potential, formulation of a suitable substrate, start-up of reactors and monitoring and operation of the biogas process in CSTR reactors.

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  2. OX2 Bio Produktion AB, Hjortshögsvägen 1, 251 89, Helsingborg, Sweden

    I. Bohn

  3. Department of Biogas R&D, Tekniska verken i Linköping AB, Box 1500, SE-581 15, Linköping, Sweden

    J. Moestedt

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Schnürer, A., Bohn, I., Moestedt, J. (2016). Protocol for Start-Up and Operation of CSTR Biogas Processes. In: McGenity, T., Timmis, K., Nogales, B. (eds) Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/8623_2016_214

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