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The term "biomass digestion"refers to an anaerobic process of reducing biomass to, among other things, "biogas". There are power generation plants based on that
by gardenfelder 3y ago
The term "biomass digestion"refers to an anaerobic process of reducing biomass to, among other things, "biogas". There are power generation plants based on that concept. [1] is a collection of paper abstracts on that topic. The linked piece does not give enough information to determine what, really,is going on with their process, but it's hard to rule out the notion that their process might be liberating biogas.
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/anaerobic-digestion https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbio...
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoAnd if it is this is important as methane is a potent greenhouse gas. If the bacteria used in the process are obligate aerobes this would encourage the carbon dioxide route. This would also be the case if the bacteria were selected or engineered to preferentially produce carbon dioxide. But regardless, the waste put in to the bin will have its own bacteria too. So if any of those are methanogens then it would be especially important to keep the company's bacteria up to date ("Fresh bacteria are added every three months for quality control."), and/or to ensure good air flow through the waste bin.
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