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Effects of pretreatments on semi‐continuous anaerobic digestion of wheat straw
Author(s) -
Tosun Ayşe,
Selçuk Nevin,
Soyupak Selçuk
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.270120114
Subject(s) - anaerobic digestion , slurry , chemistry , hydraulic retention time , straw , methane , nitrogen , pulp and paper industry , digestion (alchemy) , steady state (chemistry) , agronomy , environmental science , environmental engineering , chromatography , sewage treatment , inorganic chemistry , biology , organic chemistry , engineering
Abstract The effects of alkali treatment, nitrogen supplement and hydraulic retention time on methane production rate from semi‐continuous anaerobic digestion of 5% wheat straw‐water mixtures were investigated. The experiments were carried out in laboratory scale fermenters, fed with 1 1 of basic, alkali treated and nitrogen supplemented 5% wheat straw‐water mixtures, respectively, and maintained at 55 °C. Digestion experiments were performed for hydraulic retention times of 8, 10 and 15 days. The amount and composition of produced gas were measured until steady state was attained in each run. The steady‐state methane production rates were found to increase with hydraulic retention time and with the type of slurry in the following order; basic, nitrogen supplemented and alkali treated slurry. Data obtained from the experiments were employed to determine the kinetics of methane production from anaerobic digestion of wheat straw, for the assessment of pretreatment effects on process kinetics. The predicted methane production rates were found to be in a reasonably good agreement with the measurements.