biomethanation

English

Etymology

From 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^[1], →DOI:

     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 ].