Methane fermentation of woody biomass

Turick, Charles E.; Peck, Michael W.; Chynoweth, D.P.; Jerger, D.E.; White, Edwin H.; Zsuffa, L.; Kenney, W. A.

doi:10.1016/0960-8524(91)90202-u

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“…Biochemical methane potential (BMP) test was performed to determine the ultimate ch 4 yield of organic substrate and for monitoring biochemical methane potential (18,19,22,23). the anaerobic biodegradability of the final soluble products of the pretreatment was evaluated by modified BMP (24).…”

Section: Biochemical Methane Potential Testmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thermal-Alkaline Pretreatment on the Decomposition of the Streptomycin Bacterial Residue

Zuo

Tian

et al. 2012

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment

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Section: Biochemical Methane Potential Testmentioning

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Thermal-Alkaline Pretreatment on the Decomposition of the Streptomycin Bacterial Residue

Zuo

Tian

et al. 2012

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment

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“…2 Methane production under mesophilic digestion conditions at a VS load of 0.36 w/v% Symbols: □, PS-1; ■, PS-2; ○, food waste; ▲, vegetable scraps; ◇, pruning branches PS can be used as a source of organic substances for methane production. The methane yield from woody biomass milled to ＜0.8 mm is reported to be 0.25 m 3 •kg −1 VS 16) , but the amount of methane generated from pruned branches in our study was very low (mesophilic digestion, 0.02-0.09 m 3 •kg −1 VS; thermophilic digestion, 0.05-0.07 m 3 •kg −1 VS). This result may have been due to the fact that the pruned branches were too large to allow sufficient decay.…”

Section: Amountmentioning

confidence: 48%

Biogas and Methane Yields from Paper Sludge by Anaerobic Digestion

Yamamoto

Murakami

Iwahori

2008

Japanese J. Wat. Treat. Biol.

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We measured the biogas and methane yield from two types of paper sludge and three types of organic waste (food waste, vegetable scraps, and pruning branches) by anaerobic digestion. Batch digestion was carried out under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions at volatile solid loads between 0.18 and 0.60 w/v% per reactor. The volume of methane produced from paper sludge from virgin paper pulp (PS-1) was comparable to that from vegetable scraps. However, the other type of paper sludge, from recycled paper (PS-2) was barely digested, owing to the high aluminum content. A kinetic analysis of the gas yields from PS-1 and food waste was carried out using a first-order kinetics model. The gas production rates were constant at a temperature adequate for the inoculum used. Consequently, co-digestion at the mesophilic temperature might be possible, and the deficiency of nitrogen could be compensated for by the addition of food waste to PS-1.

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“…Therefore, a simplified and laboratory scale method known as biochemical methane potential (BMP) was developed by Owen et al (1979) to determine the biodegradability of organic substrates. Since then, there have been numerous studies conducted on the diversity of organic materials to determine its capability in yielding biogas, such as woody biomass (Turick et al, 1991), organic solid wastes (Hansen et al, 2004;Shanmugam and Horan, 2009), grease trap sludge (Luostarinen et al, 2009), and many more. The BMP reports can be divided into three categories, including: (1) the potential of an individual substrate (Chynoweth et al, 1993;Gunaseelan, 2004;Cavaleiro et al, 2013;Li et al, 2011); (2) the optimum ratio of combined or co-digestion substrate (Davidsson et al, 2008;Li et al, 2011;Lisboa and Lansing, 2013); and (3) focusing on specific aspects, such as effects on temperature range (Veeken & Hamelers, 1999;Linke et al, 2013), micro and macro pollutants elements (Angelidaki and Sanders, 2004;Demirel and Scherer, 2011;Wan et al, 2011), substrate to inoculum ratio (Chynoweth et al, 1993;Elbeshbishy et al, 2012;Li et al, 2011), and others.…”

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The Influence of Inoculum to Substrate Ratio on the Biochemical Methane Potential of Fat, Oil, and Grease in Batch Anaerobic Assays

Nazaitulshila

Idris

Harun

et al. 2015

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmenta

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Anaerobic digestion is one of the potential methods widely applied for organic waste recovery to produce biogas. In this study, biodegradability of fat, oil, and grease was tested in biochemical methane potential assays and the effects of substrate to inoculum ratio ranging from 0.2-4.0 were determined. The results indicated that fat, oil, and grease is feasible to produce methane (670 mL CH 4 gVS −1 ) and the ideal substrate to inoculum ratio range of 0.5-1.0 was determined. After 60 days of experiments, maximum methane yield for the ideal ratio was 603-741 mLgVS −1 , which corresponds to 81-89% methane production. Increasing substrate to inoculum ratio showed a lag phase phenomena where methane yield may be decreased initially or started slowly, thus delaying the entire digestion process. With a higher substrate to inoculum ratio (2.0-4.0), methane yield was recorded lower than 60% and the highest methane production was 250.2 mLgVS −1 .

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Methane fermentation of woody biomass

Cited by 52 publications

References 10 publications

Thermal-Alkaline Pretreatment on the Decomposition of the Streptomycin Bacterial Residue

Thermal-Alkaline Pretreatment on the Decomposition of the Streptomycin Bacterial Residue

Biogas and Methane Yields from Paper Sludge by Anaerobic Digestion

The Influence of Inoculum to Substrate Ratio on the Biochemical Methane Potential of Fat, Oil, and Grease in Batch Anaerobic Assays

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