1. Biogas – Background
1.1 Definition
Biogas is produced by the anaerobic digestion of an organic substrate (household or industrial waste, water treatment sludge, agricultural products).
The latter, made up of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates, is broken down by a biological process segmented into four chain reaction stages:
hydrolysis;
acidogenesis;
acetogenesis;
methanogenesis.
Methane production takes place during the final stage. Each of these involves different microbial populations, acting symbiotically within a bacterial consortium
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Regulations
Decree no. 2011-190 of February 16, 2011 on the terms and conditions for agricultural production and marketing of biogas, electricity and heat through methanization.
Arrêté du 12 août 2010 relatif aux prescriptions générales applicables aux installations classées de méthanisation relevant du régime de l'enregistrement au titre de la rubrique n° 2781-1 de la nomenclature des installations classées pour...
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