Research Article

Volatile Organic Silicon Compounds in Biogases: Development of Sampling and Analytical Methods for Total Silicon Quantification by ICP-OES

Table 4

ICP-OES analysis (LFG B3).

Bottles numbersSi content

Bottle number 1 (mgSi/L EtOH)6,0
Bottle number 2 (mgSi/L EtOH)0,3
Bottle number 3 (mgSi/L EtOH)<LD
Bottle number 4 (mgSi/L EtOH)<LD
Si total (mgSi/L EtOH)6,3
Si total (mg/Nm3 biogas)47
Si total (mg/Nm3 biogas) adjusted by a global overestimation factor of:
1,3 36
1,531
1,7 28