<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the field of electric power industry, renewable energy sources, fertilisers, reclamation, and waste management, biomass is widely studied and used. Minerals are present in every step of biogas transformation, but their forms, occurrence, and composition have not been studied yet. However, there is no comprehensive study research that would address the presence of mineral phases in the process of biogas production. Th<strike>is</strike> aim of the study is determination of the amount and composition of the mineral phases present in fermentation residues resulting from different production technologies. Digestate mineral composition was analysed using 46 samples from agricultural biogas plants and university testing biogas reactor. The majority of samples contained the amorphous phase. Minority phases consisted of quartz, albite, orthoclase, muscovite, and amphibole. Opal-CT was found in eleven samples (1.26 to 12.1% wt.). The elements present in gas-liquid fluids or in liquids, gases and aerosols within the biogas technology system may create mineral phases, namely the amorphous phase or the crystalline phase under certain conditions. Opal-CT may enter the fermenter as part of plant tissues referred to as phytoliths, or as an unwanted admixture of different origin. It may also originate from the present amorphous SiO<sub>2</sub>.</p></abstract>

In the field of electric power industry, renewable energy sources, fertilisers, reclamation, and waste management, biomass is widely studied and used. Minerals are present in every step of biogas transformation, but their forms, occurrence, and composition have not been studied yet. However, there is no comprehensive study research that would address the presence of mineral phases in the process of biogas production. This aim of the study is determination of the amount and composition of the mineral phases present in fermentation residues resulting from different production technologies. Digestate mineral composition was analysed using 46 samples from agricultural biogas plants and university testing biogas reactor. The majority of samples contained the amorphous phase. Minority phases consisted of quartz, albite, orthoclase, muscovite, and amphibole. Opal-CT was found in eleven samples (1.26 to 12.1% wt.). The elements present in gas-liquid fluids or in liquids, gases and aerosols within the biogas technology system may create mineral phases, namely the amorphous phase or the crystalline phase under certain conditions. Opal-CT may enter the fermenter as part of plant tissues referred to as phytoliths, or as an unwanted admixture of different origin. It may also originate from the present amorphous SiO2.

The Role of Mineral Phases in the Biogas Production Technology

Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy

Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute

Institute of Clean Technologies for Extraction and Utilization of Energy Resources, Faculty of Mining and Geology

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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In the field of electric power industry, renewable energy sources, fertilisers, reclamation, and waste management, biomass is widely studied and used. Minerals...

The Role of Mineral Phases in the Biogas Production Technology

Published Online: Apr 24, 2018

Page range: 51 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2018-0003

Keywords
biogas production, digestate, X-ray diffraction analysis, Rietvield method, opal-CT

© 2018 Milan Geršl et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Role of Mineral Phases in the Biogas Production Technology

Published Online: Apr 24, 2018

Page range: 51 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2018-0003

Keywordsbiogas production, digestate, X-ray diffraction analysis, Rietvield method, opal-CT

© 2018 Milan Geršl et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
biogas production, digestate, X-ray diffraction analysis, Rietvield method, opal-CT