Investigation of kinetics of anaerobic digestion of Canary grass

The most promising technology to generate energy is the production of biogas from agricultural feedstock. This technology allows obtaining high biogas yields per hectare. Biogas of high methane content can be produced from various kinds of energy crops, animal manure, and other organic waste. This p...

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Published in:Chemical papers 2012-06, Vol.66 (6), p.550-555
Main Authors: Kacprzak, Anna, Krzystek, Liliana, Paździor, Katarzyna, Ledakowicz, Stanisław
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biochemical methane potential
Biochemistry
biogas
Biotechnology
Canary grass
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Chemistry/Food Science
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Materials Science
Medicinal Chemistry
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Summary:The most promising technology to generate energy is the production of biogas from agricultural feedstock. This technology allows obtaining high biogas yields per hectare. Biogas of high methane content can be produced from various kinds of energy crops, animal manure, and other organic waste. This paper presents results of both biochemical methane potential (BMP) assay of Canary grass ( Phalaris canariensis ) and its anaerobic co-digestion with cheese whey and glycerin fraction in a large laboratory scale as well as the kinetics of both co-digestion and digestion of Canary grass alone. The suggested mathematical description of the anaerobic co-digestion process gave satisfying conformity with the experimental data.
ISSN:0366-6352
1336-9075
1336-9075
DOI:10.2478/s11696-012-0136-4