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Evaluation of Bioelectromethanogenesis Part I: Energy Calculations
Author(s) -
Enzmann Franziska,
Gronemeier Denise,
Holtmann Dirk
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.201900106
Subject(s) - artifact (error) , energy (signal processing) , efficient energy use , sustainable energy , scale (ratio) , energy technology , industrial engineering , energy transformation , process engineering , computer science , biochemical engineering , engineering , renewable energy , thermodynamics , physics , electrical engineering , artificial intelligence , quantum mechanics
Bioelectromethanogenesis, a technology to convert electrical energy into CH 4 , is on the transition from lab‐scale to industrial application. But the question arises if it is really a sustainable technology or just another scientific artifact. Especially the energy efficiency is a crucial aspect to allow conclusions about the applicability. In this paper, the basics of energy calculations are applied to literature data to model the energy efficiency. Different scenarios were calculated, showing that further research has to be conducted to turn bioelectromethanogenesis into a feasible technology.