Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.renene.2019.05.029 |
| Document | author version |
| Title (Primary) | Pre-treatment of filter cake for anaerobic digestion in sugarcane biorefineries: Assessment of batch versus semi-continuous experiments |
| Author | Janke, L.; Weinrich, S.; Leite, A.F.; Sträuber, H.; Nikolausz, M.; Nelles, M. |
| Source Titel | Renewable Energy |
| Year | 2019 |
| Department | UMB |
| Volume | 143 |
| Page From | 1416 |
| Page To | 1426 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Biomass conversion; Degradation kinetics; Feeding regime; Methane potential |
| Abstract | Anaerobic digestion (AD) of sugarcane filter cake (SFC) was investigated by comparing the performance of pre-treatment methods in biochemical methane potential (BMP) tests and semi-continuous experiments. For that, SFC was pre-treated by autoclaving the substrate alone or with sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Experimental data from BMP tests were fitted to a kinetics model and further used for simulating the AD process in a continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR). BMP tests showed differences (p < 0.05) in total methane potential (SBMP), which have affected methane yields during simulation in a CSTR. Untreated produced 185 mL CH4 gVS−1, autoclaved pre-treatment 174 mL CH4 gVS−1 and autoclaved with NaOH pre-treatment 222 mL CH4 gVS−1. Interestingly, such higher performance of autoclaved with NaOH pre-treatment was only observed at earlier stages during semi-continuous feeding experiment. At steady-state no significant differences (p > 0.05) in terms of methane yield were observed among the reactors (average of 224 mL CH4 gVS−1). These results demonstrate that the benefits of pre-treatment could only be observed in BMP tests, which is likely explained by a better adaptation of the microbial community to the substrate during long term semi-continuous experiment, making SFC pre-treatment ineffective in a single-stage CSTR and under this feeding regime. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=22053 |
| Janke, L., Weinrich, S., Leite, A.F., Sträuber, H., Nikolausz, M., Nelles, M. (2019): Pre-treatment of filter cake for anaerobic digestion in sugarcane biorefineries: Assessment of batch versus semi-continuous experiments Renew. Energy 143 , 1416 - 1426 10.1016/j.renene.2019.05.029 |
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