Treatment of Biogas for Feeding High Temperature Fuel Cells: Removal of Harmful Compounds by Adsorpt

Processes of biogas production: fermentation, digestion, thermal gasification.- High temperature fuel cells: structural and operating features of MCFCs and SOFCs.- Fuel reforming processes.- Internal and external reformer.- Applications of MCFCs and SOFCs: new challenges.- Biogas as fuel for MCFCs and SOFCs.- The problem of noxious components: sulphur compounds, halides, siloxanes.- Current technologies for removal of noxious compounds.- Adsorption processes and adsorbent materials.- Microporous materials.- Characterization of adsorption performances.- Zeolites and active carbons.- Preparation and functionalization.- Characterization of physical and chemical properties.- Stability and regeneration.- Development of adsorption apparatus for biogas treatment.