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biomethanation

biomethanation noun: biological or biochemical methanation.

Noun

biomethanation (plural biomethanations)

  1. biological or biochemical methanation
    • 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...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, →DOI

Forms of biomethanation

pluralbiomethanations

Origin of biomethanation

From bio- + methanation.

Questions about biomethanation

What does biomethanation mean?
Biomethanation means biological or biochemical methanation.
What part of speech is biomethanation?
Biomethanation is a noun.
What is the plural of biomethanation?
The plural of biomethanation is biomethanations.

Words near biomethanation in the dictionary

  1. biometeorologist
  2. biometeorologists
  3. biometeorology
  4. biometer
  5. biometers
  6. biomethanation
  7. biomethanations
  8. biomethane
  9. biomethanization
  10. biomethylate
  11. biomethylated

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