Perspectivas del ensayo de Potencial Bioquímico de Metano - PBM para el control del proceso de digestión anaerobia de residuos/Perspectives of Biochemical Methane Potential - BMP test for control the anaerobic digestion process of wastes/Perspectivas do teste de Potencial Bioquímico de Metano - PBM para o controle do processo de digestão anaeróbia de resíduos

Anaerobic digestion is a biological process that achieves two purposes simultaneously, waste treatment to control environmental pollution and the recovery and valorization of by-products generated: methane as a source of renewable energy and digestate for agricultural purposes. To determine the methane production capability, the anaerobic biodegradability of an organic substrate, the selection of potential substrates and inoculums and the performance prediction of full-scale digesters, bench scale procedures as Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) test, are performed. This article shows a refl ection on different aspects related to this important test, such as the diversity in the experiment denomination, the different modifi cations in operational and experimental conditions, the different use of measurement units,