Pretreatment of paper tube residuals for improved biogas production
Journal article, 2010

Paper tube residuals, which are lignocellulosic wastes, have been studied as substrate for biogas (methane) production. Steam explosion and nonexplosive hydrothermal pretreatment, in combination with sodium hydroxide and/or hydrogen peroxide, have been used to improve the biogas production. The treatment conditions of temperature, time and addition of NaOH and H2O2 were statistically evaluated for methane production. Explosive pretreatment was more successful than the nonexplosive method, and gave the best results at 220 degrees C, 10 min, with addition of both 2% NaOH and 2% H2O2. Digestion of the pretreated materials at these conditions yielded 493 N ml/g VS methane which was 107% more than the untreated materials. In addition, the initial digestion rate was improved by 132% compared to the untreated samples. The addition of NaOH was, besides the explosion effect, the most important factor to improve the biogas production.

Methane

Biogas

Lignocellulose

Pretreatment

Steam explosion

Author

Anna Teghammar

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering

J. Yngvesson

University of Borås

M. Lundin

University of Borås

Mohammad Taherzadeh Esfahani

University of Borås

I. S. Horvath

University of Borås

Bioresource Technology

0960-8524 (ISSN) 1873-2976 (eISSN)

Vol. 101 4 1206-1212

Subject Categories

Industrial Biotechnology

DOI

10.1016/j.biortech.2009.09.029

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