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Monitoring of sulfur dioxide emission resulting from biogas utilization on commercial pig farms in Taiwan

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The objective of this work tends to promote methane content in biogas and evaluate sulfur dioxide emission from direct biogas combustion without desulfurization. Analytical results of biogas combustion showed that combustion of un-desulfurized biogas exhausted more than 92 % of SO2 (P < 0.01). In the meantime, more than 90 % of hydrogen sulfide was removed during the combustion process using un-desulfurized biogas (P < 0.01). Those disappeared hydrogen sulfide may deposit on the surfaces of power generator’s engines or burner heads of boilers. Some of them (4.6–9.1 % of H2S) were converted to SO2 in exhaust gas. Considering the impacts to human health and living environment, it is better to desulfurize biogas before any applications.

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The study was made possible by grants awarded from the Council of Agriculture (COA), Executive Yuan, Taiwan, ROC, Project No. 99AS-7.2.1-AD-U1. Authors thank Liga Mariya for proofreading.

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  1. Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

    Jung-Jeng Su & Yen-Jung Chen

  2. Bioenergy Research Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

    Jung-Jeng Su & Yen-Jung Chen

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Su, JJ., Chen, YJ. Monitoring of sulfur dioxide emission resulting from biogas utilization on commercial pig farms in Taiwan. Environ Monit Assess 187, 4109 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4109-7

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