scholarly journals The Influence of Pressure-Swing Conditioning Pre-Treatment of Cattle Manure on Methane Production

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Britt Schumacher ◽  
Timo Zerback ◽  
Harald Wedwitschka ◽  
Sören Weinrich ◽  
Josephine Hofmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Methane Production ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Cattle Manure ◽  
Methane Yield ◽  
Batch Tests ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Pressure Swing ◽  
C 30 ◽  
Kinetic Calculations

Cattle manure is an agricultural residue, which could be used as source to produce methane in order to substitute fossil fuels. Nevertheless, in practice the handling of this slowly degradable substrate during anaerobic digestion is challenging. In this study, the influence of the pre-treatment of cattle manure with pressure-swing conditioning (PSC) on the methane production was investigated. Six variants of PSC (combinations of duration 5 min, 30 min, 60 min and temperature 160 °C, 190 °C) were examined with regards to methane yield in batch tests. PSC of cattle manure showed a significant increase up to 109% in the methane yield compared to the untreated sample. Kinetic calculations proved also an enhancement of the degradation speed. One PSC-variant (190 °C/30 min) and untreated cattle manure were chosen for comparative fermentation tests in continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTR) in lab-scale with duplicates. In the continuous test a biogas production of 428 mL/g volatile solids (VS) (54.2% methane) for untreated manure was observed and of 456 mL/g VS (53.7% methane) for PSC-cattle-manure (190 °C/30 min). Significant tests were conducted for methane yields of all fermentation tests. Furthermore, other parameters such as furfural were investigated and discussed.

scholarly journals Pretreatment of Animal Manure Biomass to Improve Biogas Production: A Review

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 3573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meneses-Quelal Orlando ◽  
Velázquez-Martí Borja
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Poultry Manure ◽  
Animal Manure ◽  
Methane Yield ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Chemical Pretreatments

The objective of this research is to present a review of the current technologies and pretreatments used in the fermentation of cow, pig and poultry manure. Pretreatment techniques were classified into physical, chemical, physicochemical, and biological groups. Various aspects of these different pretreatment approaches are discussed in this review. The advantages and disadvantages of its applicability are highlighted since the effects of pretreatments are complex and generally depend on the characteristics of the animal manure and the operational parameters. Biological pretreatments were shown to improve methane production from animal manure by 74%, chemical pretreatments by 45%, heat pretreatments by 41% and physical pretreatments by 30%. In general, pretreatments improve anaerobic digestion of the lignocellulosic content of animal manure and, therefore, increase methane yield.

scholarly journals Evaluation on the Methane Production Potential of Wood Waste Pretreated with NaOH and Co-Digested with Pig Manure

Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renfei Li ◽  
Wenbing Tan ◽  
Xinyu Zhao ◽  
Qiuling Dang ◽  
Qidao Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Lignocellulosic Biomass ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Untreated Wood ◽  
Wood Waste ◽  
Methane Yield ◽  
Pig Manure ◽  
Naoh Pretreatment ◽  
Digestion Technique

Wood waste generated during the tree felling and processing is a rich, green, and renewable lignocellulosic biomass. However, an effective method to apply wood waste in anaerobic digestion is lacking. The high carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio and rich lignin content of wood waste are the major limiting factors for high biogas production. NaOH pre-treatment for lignocellulosic biomass is a promising approach to weaken the adverse effect of complex crystalline cellulosic structure on biogas production in anaerobic digestion, and the synergistic integration of lignocellulosic biomass with low C/N ratio biomass in anaerobic digestion is a logical option to balance the excessive C/N ratio. Here, we assessed the improvement of methane production of wood waste in anaerobic digestion by NaOH pretreatment, co-digestion technique, and their combination. The results showed that the methane yield of the single digestion of wood waste was increased by 38.5% after NaOH pretreatment compared with the untreated wood waste. The methane production of the co-digestion of wood waste and pig manure was higher than that of the single digestion of wood waste and had nonsignificant difference with the single-digestion of pig manure. The methane yield of the co-digestion of wood waste pretreated with NaOH and pig manure was increased by 75.8% than that of the untreated wood waste. The findings indicated that wood waste as a sustainable biomass source has considerable potential to achieve high biogas production in anaerobic digestion.

The influence of pressure swing conditioning pre-treatment of chicken manure on nitrogen content and methane yield

2019 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 1554-1565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Britt Schumacher ◽  
Harald Wedwitschka ◽  
Sören Weinrich ◽  
Jana Mühlenberg ◽  
Daniela Gallegos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Content ◽  
Chicken Manure ◽  
Methane Yield ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Pressure Swing

scholarly journals Inter-stage thermophilic aerobic digestion may increase organic matter removal from wastewater sludge without decreasing biogas production

2017 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 721-726
Author(s):  
Sasha D. Hafner ◽  
Johan T. Madsen ◽  
Johanna M. Pedersen ◽  
Charlotte Rennuit
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Aerobic Digestion ◽  
Anaerobic Digesters ◽  
Stage System ◽  
Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion ◽  
Pre Treatment

Abstract Combining aerobic and anaerobic digestion in a two-stage system can improve the degradation of wastewater sludge over the use of either technology alone. But use of aerobic digestion as a pre-treatment before anaerobic digestion generally reduces methane production due to loss of substrate through oxidation. An inter-stage configuration may avoid this reduction in methane production. Here, we evaluated the use of thermophilic aerobic digestion (TAD) as an inter-stage treatment for wastewater sludge using laboratory-scale semi-continuous reactors. A single anaerobic digester was compared to an inter-stage system, where a thermophilic aerobic digester (55 °C) was used between two mesophilic anaerobic digesters (37 °C). Both systems had retention times of approximately 30 days, and the comparison was based on measurements made over 97 days. Results showed that the inter-stage system provided better sludge destruction (52% volatile solids (VS) removal vs. 40% for the single-stage system, 44% chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal vs. 34%) without a decrease in total biogas production (methane yield per g VS added was 0.22–0.24 L g−1 for both systems).

Study on Solid-State Anaerobic Co-Digestion with Distiller’s Grains and Food Waste for Methane Production

2012 ◽  
Vol 485 ◽  
pp. 306-309
Author(s):  
Li Hong Wang ◽  
Qun Hui Wang ◽  
Wei Wei Cai
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Synergistic Effect ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Methane Yield ◽  
Kitchen Waste ◽  
Distiller's Grains

Solid-state anaerobic digestion (SSAD) of distiller’s grains (DG) and kitchen waste (KW) for biogas was investigated. Six DG to KW ratios of 10/1, 8/1, 6/1, 4/1, 1/0, and 0/1 was used. The results showed that in 48 digestion days the co-digestion with DG to KW ratio of 8:1 obtained the highest methane yield of 159.74mL/gTS, TS and VS reductions of 58.7% and 71.8%, hemicellulase, cellulose and lignin reductions of 46.7%, 45.4% and 4.0%. Compared to mono-digestions of DG or KW, co-digestion of DG and FW had a good synergistic effect. It indicated that SSAD of cellulosic-based waste and food waste could be one of the options for efficient biogas production and waste treatment

Optimization of biogas production from cattle manure by pre-treatment with ultrasound and co-digestion with crude glycerin

2011 ◽  
Vol 102 (17) ◽  
pp. 7845-7849 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Castrillón ◽  
Y. Fernández-Nava ◽  
P. Ormaechea ◽  
E. Marañón
Keyword(s):  
Biogas Production ◽  
Cattle Manure ◽  
Crude Glycerin ◽  
Pre Treatment

scholarly journals Submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAnMBR) performance on sewage treatment: removal efficiencies, biogas production and membrane fouling

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 1308-1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Chen ◽  
Yulun Nie ◽  
Jiayuan Ji ◽  
Tetsuya Utashiro ◽  
Qian Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Methane Production ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Batch Tests ◽  
Cake Layer ◽  
Biomass Yields

A submerged anaerobic membrane reactor (SAnMBR) was employed for comprehensive evaluation of sewage treatment at 25 °C and its performance in removal efficiency, biogas production and membrane fouling. Average 89% methanogenic degradation efficiency as well as 90%, 94% and 96% removal of total chemical oxygen demand (TCOD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and nonionic surfactant were obtained, while nitrogen and phosphorus were only subjected to small removals. Results suggest that SAnMBRs can effectively decouple organic degradation and nutrients disposal, and reserve all the nitrogen and phosphorus in the effluent for further possible recovery. Small biomass yields of 0.11 g mixed liquor volatile suspended solids (MLVSS)/gCOD were achieved, coupled to excellent methane production efficiencies of 0.338 NLCH4/gCOD, making SAnMBR an attractive technology characterized by low excess sludge production and high bioenergy recovery. Batch tests revealed the SAnMBR appeared to have the potential to bear a high food-to-microorganism ratio (F/M) of 1.54 gCOD/gMLVSS without any inhibition effect, and maximum methane production rate occurred at F/M 0.7 gCOD/gMLVSS. Pore blocking dominated the membrane fouling behaviour at a relative long hydraulic retention time (HRT), i.e. >12 hours, while cake layer dominated significantly at shorter HRTs, i.e. <8 hours.

Influence of selected biowaste materials pre-treatment on their anaerobic digestion

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alžbeta Takáčová ◽  
Tomáš Mackluľak ◽  
Miroslava Smolinská ◽  
Miroslav Hutňan ◽  
Petra Olejníková
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Anaerobic Treatment ◽  
Cellulolytic Enzymes ◽  
Biological Degradation ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Pleurotus Pulmonarius ◽  
Chlorella Kessleri ◽  
Pre Treatment

AbstractThe topic of this study is the pre-treatment of substrates for anaerobic digestion. Two different substrates of algae Scenedesmus subspicatus (SAG 86.81), Chlorella kessleri (LARG/1) and foliage of Prunus serrulata were subjected to anaerobic digestion. A mixture of commercially available cellulolytic enzymes (Analytical science s.r.o., Modra, Slovakia) was used for anaerobic treatment of algae while the foliage of Prunus serrulata was pre-treated by lignolytic fungi. The highest production of methane per mass of volatile solids was reached with untreated Chlorella kessleri at (0.59 ± 0.04) L g−1. The addition of cellulolytic enzymes did not increase the production of methane from the algal substrate; however, a faster substrate degradation and thus also higher speed of methane production at the beginning of cultivation was achieved. After foliage pre-treatment by fungal isolate Pleurotus pulmonarius, isolated from natural habitats, the methane production increased five times. In this way we were able to speed up the processes of biological degradation of ligno-cellulose materials and thereby to increase the production of methane. Our results show the possibility of using algae as a suitable substrate for biogas production. On the other hand, also aerobic pre-treatment of foliage (Pleurotus pulmonarius) presents a successful way for speeding up the degradation of ligno-cellulose waste leading to increased methane yields.

Biogas production from maize and dairy cattle manure—Influence of biomass composition on the methane yield

2007 ◽  
Vol 118 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 173-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Amon ◽  
Barbara Amon ◽  
Vitaliy Kryvoruchko ◽  
Werner Zollitsch ◽  
Karl Mayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Cattle Manure ◽  
Methane Yield ◽  
Biomass Composition

scholarly journals Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Water Hyacinth (E. crassipes) with Ruminal Slaughterhouse Waste for Biogas Production

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erick Auma Omondi ◽  
Peter Gikuma Njuru ◽  
Peter Kuria Ndiba
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Water Hyacinth ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Methane Yield ◽  
Biogas Yield ◽  
Process Dynamics ◽  
Invasive Aquatic Plant ◽  
Initial Drop

The use of biomass as renewable energy source is of interest in reducing dependence on fossil fuels and associated impacts of climate change. Water hyacinth (WH), an invasive aquatic plant of environmental concern has large biomass that is available for biogas production. Co-digestion of this largely lignocellulose biomass with other substrates may correlate process parameters and improve biogas production. This study evaluated co-digestion of WH biomass with various mix proportions of ruminal slaughterhouse waste (RSW) at 24, 32 and 37°C in order to assess the optimum proportion and temperature. The rate of biomethanation increased with temperature from 0.23 at 24ºC to 0.75 and 0.96 at 32ºC and 37ºC, respectively, and similarly methane yield improved from 14 at 24ºC to 40 and 52 L/kg air dried water hyacinth at 32ºC and 37ºC respectively. A WH: RSW ratio of 30% showed optimum acclimatization and methane yield in a residence time of 60 days. The duration of the initial drop in pH that indicates hydrolysis stage decreased with increase in proportion of RSW, indicating faster hydrolysis and fermentation processes. Longer and stable latter alkaline pH zone suggested improved biomethanation and greater biogas production. Co-digestion with 30% RSW at 24ºC improved biogas yield by 75% from 8.05 to 14.09L/Kg biomass, methane component of biogas by 9% from 59 to 68% and reduced the retention time for substrate by 36%, suggesting synergy in co-digestion with respect to biogas quality. Changing the temperature from 24 to 32ºC increased the yield by 186% and reduced retention time by 73%. The results demonstrated synergy in co-digestion of the two substrates and the process dynamics that are useful in a possible process commercialization. ©2019. CBIORE-IJRED. All rights reserved

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