Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Strategies To Improve Anaerobic Digestion Of Wastes With Especial Attention To Lignocellulosic Substrates
Download Strategies To Improve Anaerobic Digestion Of Wastes With Especial Attention To Lignocellulosic Substrates full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Strategies To Improve Anaerobic Digestion Of Wastes With Especial Attention To Lignocellulosic Substrates ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Book Synopsis Strategies to Improve Anaerobic Digestion of Wastes with Especial Attention to Lignocellulosic Substrates by : Xavier Fonoll Almansa
Download or read book Strategies to Improve Anaerobic Digestion of Wastes with Especial Attention to Lignocellulosic Substrates written by Xavier Fonoll Almansa and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The energy demand increase and the generation of wastes is being the major problem regarding the next generation sustainability. Both problems can be corrected through the implementation of anaerobic digestion, a waste treatment technology able to produce electricity, heat and a fertilizer. The anaerobic co-digestion between two wastes with complementary characteristics has been widely studied to improve the methane production in anaerobic digesters. However, to increase the methane production from lignocelulosics substrates is still one of the main challenges of anaerobic digestion. Lignocelulosic components are a tridimensional structure between lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose, which bonds are extremely difficult to degrade by conventional anaerobic bacteria. Besides, those components can be found in a wide range of substrates such as municipal solid wastes, agro-wastes and energy crops. In the following thesis, the increase of the economic viability of anaerobic digestion plants treating lignocelulosic materials has been studied. Initially, the transitory state while the co-substrate was changed in the anaerobic co-digestion between sewage sludge and fruit waste was studied. The stability of the reactors was not drastically affected when the co-substrate was changed, but, the use of a co-substrate with a high concentration of fibers did not improve the methane production too much. Secondly, in order to consider the valorization of lignocellulosic components through the production of by-products, the effect of these components on the municipal solid wastes anaerobic digestion performance was evaluated. When the paper waste was removed, the biodegradability of the feedstock increased allowing the specific methane production to increase. Nevertheless, the digester was more fragile against instabilities and the digestate quality decreased if short retention times are applied. Next, low-temperature and ultrasounds pretreatments, strategies that have not been used too much for the degradation of lignocellulosic components, were studied to increase the methane production during the anaerobic co-digestion of barley waste and pig manure. Low-temperature and ultrasound pretreatment increased the methane production in a 27 and 12% respectively but only the first one had a positive energy balance. Finally, rumen, a waste from the slaughterhouse industry was used as inoculum and as co-substrate to bring hydrolytic bacteria able to improve the degradation of Napier grass. The results showed that, when rumen is used as inoculum it need to be mixed with an inoculum with high buffer capacity and a co-substrate with alkalinity need to be used to avoid long start-up periods. The methane production only increased at the beginning and in a long-term, the microbial community was governed by the substrate and not by the rumen. However, rumen did not increase the methane production when it was used as a co-substrate because the digester conditions were not optimal for the activity of hydrolytic bacteria. All the experiments were carried out in the laboratory and the conclusions are considered a progress for the energy production through the use of lignocellulosic substrates.
Book Synopsis Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Lignocellulosic Waste by : Luis Isidoro Romero García
Download or read book Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Lignocellulosic Waste written by Luis Isidoro Romero García and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some terms, such as eco-friendly, circular economy and green technologies, have remained in our vocabulary, because the truth is that mankind is altering the planet to put its own subsistence at risk. Besides, for rationalization in the consumption of raw materials and energy, the recycling of waste through efficient and sustainable processes forms the backbone of the paradigm of a sustainable industry. One of the most relevant technologies for the new productive model is anaerobic digestion. Historically, anaerobic digestion has been developed in the field of urban wastes and wastewater treatments, but in the new challenge, its role is more relevant. Anaerobic digestion is a technologically mature biological treatment, which joins bioenergy production with the efficient removal of contaminants. This issue provides a specialized, but broad in scope, overview of the possibilities of the anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass (mainly forestry and agricultural wastes), which is expected to be a more promising substrate for the development of biorefineries. Its conversion to bioenergy through anaerobic digestion must solve some troubles: the complex lignocellulosic structure needs to be deconstructed by pretreatments and a co-substrate may need to be added to improve the biological process. Ten selected works advance this proposal into the future.
Book Synopsis Experimental and Modeling Assessment of the Main Bio-physical-chemical Mechanisms and Kinetics in High-solids Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste by : Vicente Pastor Poquet
Download or read book Experimental and Modeling Assessment of the Main Bio-physical-chemical Mechanisms and Kinetics in High-solids Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste written by Vicente Pastor Poquet and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) includes readily biodegradable wastes such as food waste, and slowly biodegradable wastes such as lignocellulosic materials. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a mature treatment biotechnology in which OFMSW is decomposed to a mixture of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2), known as biogas. Due to the elevated CH4 content (50-70%), biogas can be used as a source of renewable energy. Moreover, AD yields a partially stabilized digestate, allowing the recycle of nutrients to agriculture. High-solids anaerobic digestion (HS-AD) is a well-suited strategy to enhance the overall AD efficiency for OFMSW treatment. HS-AD is operated at a total solid (TS) content ≥ 10%, permitting to reduce the reactor size and overall operational costs. Nonetheless, the TS increase can result into biochemical instability, and even reactor failure by acidification. Both the high organic load and the buildup of inhibitors can be responsible for the HS-AD instability. The most notable inhibitor in HS-AD of OFMSW is NH3. Therefore, a balance is often required between enhancing the HS-AD economy and the 'undesired' instability for OFMSW treatment. This PhD research investigated the main bio-physical-chemical mechanisms and kinetics in HS-AD of OFMSW, with the aim to optimize the industrial application and maximize the kinetic rates. Laboratory-scale batch and semi-continuous experiments highlighted the main strengths and weaknesses of HS-AD. Simultaneously, the development of a HS-AD model permitted to condense the experimental knowledge about the bio-physical-chemical effects occurring when increasing the TS content in HS-AD.HS-AD batch experiments required a tradeoff between the initial TS, the inoculum-to-substrate ratio (ISR), the alkalinity and the nitrogen content, to assess the effects of increasing the initial TS content upon the methane yield, TS removal and chemical oxygen demand conversion. Particularly, a low ISR led to acidification, whereas the NH3 buildup led to volatile fatty acid (VFA) accumulation, reducing the methane yield, whether or not co-digestion of OFMSW with beech sawdust was used.In semi-continuous experiments, HS-AD of OFMSW required a reduced effluent compared to the influent to counterbalance the organic mass removal associated to the biogas production. Nonetheless, mono-digestion of readily-biodegradable OFMSW could not sustain a TS ≥ 10% without exacerbating the risk of substrate overload. Overloading was associated to the high biodegradability and the NH3 buildup. Thus, adding sawdust to OFMSW permitted to operate the reactors up to 30% TS, due to the lower biodegradability and nitrogen content of lignocellulosic substrates. As the main novelty of this PhD research, a HS-AD model based on the Anaerobic Digestion Model No.1 (ADM1) was developed. This model simulates the reactor mass and TS in HS-AD, in contrast of models focusing on 'wet' AD simulations (TS
Book Synopsis Biological Strategies to Enhance the Anaerobic Digestion Performance: Fundamentals and Process Development by : Shanfei Fu
Download or read book Biological Strategies to Enhance the Anaerobic Digestion Performance: Fundamentals and Process Development written by Shanfei Fu and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Microbial Adaptation and Cotreatment-Enhanced Biomass Solubilization in Lignocellulosic Anaerobic Digestion by : Anahita Bharadwaj
Download or read book Microbial Adaptation and Cotreatment-Enhanced Biomass Solubilization in Lignocellulosic Anaerobic Digestion written by Anahita Bharadwaj and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lignocellulose recalcitrance, that is, its resistance to biological degradation, is arguably one of the biggest technical challenges in the biofuel and biochemical production industry. The aim of this research was to study and improve biomass utilization, particularly in undefined mixed culture anaerobic and acidogenic digestion systems. In this dissertation, two approaches were tested and applied for the enhancement of biological solubilization of unpretreated lignocellulose, (i) the application of 'cotreatment', that is, milling of biomass during fermentation (ii) the adaptation of mixed microbiomes involved in the degradation and utilization of lignocellulose in anaerobic conditions. First, a lignocellulose-centric mesophilic methanogenic anaerobic digester was set up with inoculum sources including rumen fluid, compost, and wastewater biosolids. After an initial ramp-up period of several weeks, it was operated as a stable reactor for roughly two years (Appendix E). During that entire period the reactor was fed unpretreated senescent switchgrass as the primary carbon source, supplemented with trace nutrient rich media. The 4-L reactor was operated under semi-continuous conditions by feeding once-per-day with fresh switchgrass at a solids loading rate of 2g (dry basis) (L day)-1 with a 30-day retention time until biogas production stabilized. During stable operations the effluent material from this 4-L reactor, termed 'once-fermented material', was collected daily, incubated at 37C, and subsequently used to test the cotreatment strategy. This "once-fermented" partially digested biomass was tested with two different milling strategies -- a ball mill (Chapter 3 and Appendix A) and a colloid mill (Chapter 4 and Appendix B). Various milling durations were compared with unmilled "status-quo" material as the control. After cotreatment milling, the material was placed in BioMethane Potential (BMP) test bottles and fermented for a second time in batch mode for 18-19 days. The entire experimental set-up was termed "ferment-mill-ferment". In these studies, various measurements were taken immediately after milling, and after the second fermentation period. These included sugars present in the biomass, volatile solids, particle size distribution, gravimetric mass, volatile fatty acids, gas volume and composition, and energy consumed by the cotreatment milling. The results indicate a statistically significant improvement in biogas production supported by a significant improvement in biomass sugar consumption, volatile solids consumption, and total mass change as well as decrease in average particle size of the milling treatments when compared to the unmilled control. These results are indicative of improved biomass solubilization with cotreatment. In general, there was a trend of increasing biomass solubilization with increasing milling duration. The impact of cotreatment on biomass solubilization was more significant for the ball mill than the colloid mill. However, the colloid mill was much more energy efficient and therefore may be a better choice for scale-up. In the next stage of this work, the impact of cotreatment shear stress on the microbiome and its ability to recover from this environmental stress was assessed using DNA sequencing (Chapter 5 and Appendix C). The concept of "robustness" of microbiome was introduced here as 'the ability of a microbiome to change, adapt and sustain itself during and after environmental stress or disturbance, while retaining functionality that is similar to the microbiome present before the disturbance'. A similar ferment-mill-ferment experiment was set up with both ball milling (high intensity) and colloid milling (low and moderate intensity) strategies along with an unmilled control. Along with the previously described measurements, samples were collected for 16s rRNA gene sequencing before milling, immediately after milling and after the second fermentation in the BMP test bottles. Relic DNA and non-viable DNA (from membrane-compromised cells), likely caused due to milling stresses, were inactivated by using propidium monoazide. Chloroplast DNA from the digested plant material was inactivated using pPNA clamp (method development in Chapter 6). The V4 variable region was sequenced using Illumina® MiSeq amplicon sequencing and post-processing was done using QIIME2 and RStudio. Results from this study indicate significant improvement in biomass utilization with cotreatment, thereby supporting the results reported in Chapters 3 and 4. 16s rRNA gene sequencing revealed resistant and resilient microbial populations as the anaerobic microbiome responded to milling stress. There was an enhancement of lignocellulose utilizing bacteria, particularly of Fibrobacterales (family)_BBMC-4 (genus) and Cellulomonadaceae (family)_Actinotalea (genus). This may be indicative of access to freshly exposed surfaces of previously recalcitrant biomass due to cotreatment. Finally, acidogenic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass for the production of small and medium chain carboxylic acid was studied (Chapter 7 and Appendix D). Specifically, the different temperatures and low pH were examined for their impacts on the acidogenic bacteria involved in the utilization of biomass. The inoculum sources for these bacteria were rumen fluid, compost and silage. These sources, along with unpretreated mid-season switchgrass, were placed in batch reactor bottles and incubated at various temperatures. The adapted microbiome from these bottles was then used to set up triplicate batch reactors at different temperatures, and fermentation was conducted for 20 days. Samples for volatile fatty acid measurement and 16s rRNA gene sequencing of V1-V2 region were collected. The mesophilic samples (20 -- 40°C) show the presence of C2-C7 carboxylic acids, but almost no lactic acid or ethanol, while the thermophilic samples (50 -- 60°C) predominantly contain mostly lactic acid. Furthermore, 16s rRNA gene sequencing revealed that the mesophilic samples contained bacteria with the capacity to convert simple sugars and lactic acid into small and medium chain carboxylic acids. Lactic acid producing bacteria were detected in these samples, so the absence of this acid may indicate that lactic acid utilizers may have converted it into other carboxylic acids. The thermophilic samples contained bacteria known to utilize simple sugars and starch, and convert them into lactic acid. Very few, if any, predominantly cellulolytic bacteria were detected at both temperature ranges, most likely due to the extremely low pH and difficult to digest unpretreated lignocellulose. Therefore, it is speculated that the bacteria at both temperature ranges utilized the more easily accessible simple sugars, organic material and starch originating from the inoculum sources instead of the lignocellulosic substrate to produce organic acids initially, and very quickly the resulting low pH conditions did not encourage further solubilization of biomass. Ultimately, this dissertation advances two possible strategies that may be employed to accelerate lignocellulosic biomass utilization for the production of value-added biofuels and biochemicals. It provides some ground work for the application of cotreatment and microbiome adaptation in mixed culture fermentation systems that may better inform the efficient design and functioning of dedicated-lignocellulose fermentation systems that may contribute towards a more sustainable future.
Book Synopsis Biomethanization of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Wastes by : J. Mata-Alvarez
Download or read book Biomethanization of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Wastes written by J. Mata-Alvarez and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2002-08-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biomethanization of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Wastes is a comprehensive introduction to both the fundamentals and the more practical aspects of the anaerobic digestion of organic solid wastes, particularly those derived from households, that is, the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes (OFMSW). It can be used as a textbook for specialized courses and also as a guide for practitioners. In the first part, the book covers the relevant aspects of anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic wastes. The fundamentals and kinetic aspects of AD are reviewed with particular emphasis on the aspects related to solid wastes. This introduction is necessary to have a comprehensive view of the AD process and to understand the practical principles as well as the origin of possible problems arising from the management of the process. Chapter 2 emphasizes the role of kinetics in designing the reactor, paying special attention to existing models, particularly the dynamic ones. Through this introduction, it is intended to facilitate the technology transfer from laboratory or pilot plant experiences to full-scale process, in order to implement improvements in current digesters. Laboratory methods are described for the analysis and optimization of reactor performance, such as methanogenic activity tests or experimental evaluation of the biodegradation kinetics of solid organic waste. The different reaction patterns applied to industrial reactors are outlined. Industrial reactors are classified in accordance with the system they use, pointing out advantages and limitations. Co-digestion, enabling the co-treatment of organic wastes of different origin in a more economically feasible way, is described in detail. Examples of co-digestion are given, with OFMSW as a base-substrate. Finally, full-scale co-digestion plants are discussed. Various types (mechanical, biological, physico-chemical) of pre-treatment to increase the biodegradability, and thus the yields of the process, are reviewed in detail. The use of the fermentation products of anaerobic digesters for biological nutrient removal processes in wastewater treatment plants is described. This constitutes an example of integrated waste management, a field in which both economic and technical advances can be achieved. Balances are given to justify the approach, and a full-scale case study is presented. The important topic of economics and the ecological advantages of the process are emphasized. The use of compost, the integration with composting technology, and advantages over other technologies are detailed in the framework of an environmental impact assessment of biowaste treatment. Finally, the anaerobic digestion of MSW in landfills is reviewed in detail, with emphasis on landfill process enhancement and strategies for its application.
Book Synopsis Study of Methods for the Improvement of the Anaerobic Digestion of Lipids and Long Chain Fatty Acids by : Rim Affes Salah
Download or read book Study of Methods for the Improvement of the Anaerobic Digestion of Lipids and Long Chain Fatty Acids written by Rim Affes Salah and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anaerobic digestion is a biochemical process that transforms diverse categories of biomass feedstock to renewable energy, in the form of methane, and contributes to resources conservation and greenhouse gases emission mitigation. Lipid-rich waste and wastewaters have a high energy potential, however efficient methane recovery with conventional anaerobic digestion technology is not easy to achieve because of a wide assortment of operational problems mainly related to the accumulation of long chain fatty acids (LCFA), products of lipids hydrolysis, in the system. The objective of the present dissertation is to test and to evaluate new methodologies and strategies to improve the anaerobic digestion of high-strength lipid waste. In a preliminary approach, the suitability and the attractiveness of high-strength lipid wastes and slaughterhouse wastes for biogas production was confirmed, suffice to control the applied organic load. The obtained results reinforced the existing knowledge describing the flotation and wash-out of substrate/biomass and the inhibition phenomena affecting the microbial population, as the main process drawbacks. The results of studies submitting anaerobic reactors to increasing concentrations of lipids/LCFA underlined the importance of the adsorption of LCFA onto the microbial cell membrane as limiting factor, guiding further research to found new technical approaches in order to control the biomass-LCFA adsorption dynamics. The use of inorganic adsorbents to capture LCFA prior to the anaerobic digestion process or the application of sequential low-energy ultrasonic pulses in order to control the adsorption-desorption kinetics were tested with interesting results. However, the effectiveness of these strategies was limited by the proportion of inorganic adsorbent/LCFA and the cumulative damaging effect of ultrasonic treatment over biomass, respectively. Further studies are thus required to optimize the efficiency and the applicability of these strategies. Efficient conversion of complex high-strength lipid waste to methane was proved to be possible in a novel reactor system configuration combining saponification pre-treatment and digested solids recirculation to the anaerobic digestion process, to increase solids retention time. A start-up step consisting on pulse-feeding cycles of the fatty waste prior to the semi-continuous process promoted an adapted microbial community for LCFA mineralization. The feasibility of this system configuration for solid slaughterhouse fatty waste was evidenced at lab scale reactors, reaching organic matter removal efficiencies higher than 90%. The comparison of this configuration with systems without saponification or without digested solids recirculation confirmed the synergistic effect of both strategies. The use of high throughput sequencing approach (454-pyrosequencing) to characterize the evolution of the biodiversity and the phylogenetic structure of the microbial community during the operation of the tested configurations concluded that a selection of a defined functional acidogenic population (ß-oxidizers) was induced by substrate pretreatment. Contrary, the solids recirculation resulted in an enrichment of the methanogenic biodiversity, mainly of hydrogenotrophic archaea. Based on the satisfactory results obtained with the strategies studied in the present dissertation, it is expected that lipid-rich waste valorization will be a real alternative to increase renewable energy production through anaerobic digestion process.
Book Synopsis Biogas from Waste and Renewable Resources by : Dieter Deublein
Download or read book Biogas from Waste and Renewable Resources written by Dieter Deublein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-18 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written as a practical introduction to biogas plant design and operation, this book fills a huge gap by presenting a systematic guide to this emerging technology -- information otherwise only available in poorly intelligible reports by US governmental and other official agencies. The author draws on teaching material from a university course as well as a wide variety of industrial biogas projects he has been involved with, thus combining didactical skill with real-life examples. Alongside biological and technical aspects of biogas generation, this timely work also looks at safety and legal aspects as well as environmental considerations.
Book Synopsis Pretreatment of Biomass by : Ashok Pandey
Download or read book Pretreatment of Biomass written by Ashok Pandey and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pretreatment of Biomass provides general information, basic data, and knowledge on one of the most promising renewable energy sources—biomass for their pretreatment—which is one of the most essential and critical aspects of biomass-based processes development. The quest to make the environment greener, less polluted, and less hazardous has led to the concept of biorefineries for developing bio-based processes and products using biomass as a feedstock. Each kind of biomass requires some kind of pretreatment to make it suitable for bioprocess. This book provides state-of-art information on the methods currently available for this. This book provides data-based scientific information on the most advanced and innovative pretreatment of lignocellulosic and algal biomass for further processing. Pretreatment of biomass is considered one of the most expensive steps in the overall processing in a biomass-to-biofuel program. With the strong advancement in developing lignocellulose biomass- and algal biomass-based biorefineries, global focus has been on developing pretreatment methods and technologies that are technically and economically feasible. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in methods used for the pretreatment of biomass. An entire section is devoted to the methods and technologies of algal biomass due to the increasing global attention of its use. Provides information on the most advanced and innovative pretreatament processes and technologies for biomass Covers information on lignocellulosic and algal biomass to work on the principles of biorefinery Useful for researchers intending to study scale-up Provides information on integration of processes and technologies for the pretreatment of biomass
Book Synopsis Biomass Fractionation Technologies for a Lignocellulosic Feedstock Based Biorefinery by : S.I. Mussatto
Download or read book Biomass Fractionation Technologies for a Lignocellulosic Feedstock Based Biorefinery written by S.I. Mussatto and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biomass Fractionation Technologies for a Lignocellulosic Feedstock-based Biorefinery reviews the extensive research and tremendous scientific and technological developments that have occurred in the area of biorefinering, including industrial processes and product development using ‘green technologies’, often referred as white biotechnology. As there is a huge need for new design concepts for modern biorefineries as an alternative and amendment to industrial crude oil and gas refineries, this book presents the most important topics related to biomass fractionation, including advances, challenges, and perspectives, all with references to current literature for further study. Presented in 26 chapters by international field specialists, each chapter consists of review text that comprises the most recent advances, challenges, and perspectives for each fractionation technique. The book is an indispensable reference for all professionals, students, and workers involved in biomass biorefinery, assisting them in establishing efficient and economically viable process technologies for biomass fractionation. Provides information on the most advanced and innovative pretreatment processes and technologies for biomass Reviews numerous valuable products from lignocellulose Discusses integration of processes for complete biomass conversion with minimum waste generation Identifies the research gaps in scale-up Presents an indispensable reference for all professionals, students, and workers involved in biomass biorefinery, assisting them in establishing efficient and economically viable process technologies for biomass fractionation
Book Synopsis Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals by : Charles E. Wyman
Download or read book Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals written by Charles E. Wyman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant biomass is attracting increasing attention as a sustainable resource for large-scale production of renewable fuels and chemicals. However, in order to successfully compete with petroleum, it is vital that biomass conversion processes are designed to minimize costs and maximize yields. Advances in pretreatment technology are critical in order to develop high-yielding, cost-competitive routes to renewable fuels and chemicals. Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals presents a comprehensive overview of the currently available aqueous pretreatment technologies for cellulosic biomass, highlighting the fundamental chemistry and biology of each method, key attributes and limitations, and opportunities for future advances. Topics covered include: • The importance of biomass conversion to fuels • The role of pretreatment in biological and chemical conversion of biomass • Composition and structure of biomass, and recalcitrance to conversion • Fundamentals of biomass pretreatment at low, neutral and high pH • Ionic liquid and organosolv pretreatments to fractionate biomass • Comparative data for application of leading pretreatments and effect of enzyme formulations • Physical and chemical features of pretreated biomass • Economics of pretreatment for biological processing • Methods of analysis and enzymatic conversion of biomass streams • Experimental pretreatment systems from multiwell plates to pilot plant operations This comprehensive reference book provides an authoritative source of information on the pretreatment of cellulosic biomass to aid those experienced in the field to access the most current information on the topic. It will also be invaluable to those entering the growing field of biomass conversion.
Book Synopsis Traditional, Integrated and Rewired Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Organic Wastes by : Aditi David
Download or read book Traditional, Integrated and Rewired Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Organic Wastes written by Aditi David and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study aimed to develop traditional, rewired, and integrated thermophilic anaerobic digestion (TAD) processes where food and lignocellulosic wastes can be processed without any chemical or enzymatic pretreatment, and the yield can be increased further by codigesting these substrates. Thermophilic methanogenic consortia were developed for treating food waste (FW) obtained from a local cafeteria in monodigestion and codigestion process with corn stover, prairie cord grass and unbleached paper at 60°C. Maximum methane yield of 305.4 L Kg−1 volatile solids (VS) was obtained with the optimized codigestion process, which corresponded to a 94% increase compared to the mono-digestion of FW. To further increase the energy recovery from these wastes, the TAD was integrated with other bioprocesses - i) ethanol production that used food waste as a substrate and ii) exopolysaccharide production process that used corn stover. The solid residues of these processes, when codigested using TAD, gave higher methane production with a maximum value of 413.3 L CH4 Kg VS-1.
Book Synopsis Clean Energy and Resources Recovery by : Vinay Kumar Tyagi
Download or read book Clean Energy and Resources Recovery written by Vinay Kumar Tyagi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clean Energy and Resource Recovery from Biomass Wastes, Volume 1 presents the technological options, both conventional and advanced, for energy and resources recovery from all types of organic wastes. The book addresses municipal and industrial sludges, municipal solid waste, agro-residue, animal wastes, industrial waste, forestry residue, and algal biomass, and provides a global overview of biomass waste production, waste handling issues and related GHG emissions and climate change, legislative waste management guidelines, biomass composition, and conventional methods for biomass waste treatment. For each biomass waste the chapters will cover energy and bio-based products recovery, pre-treatment methods, process microbiology, community dynamics, co-digestion, reactor design and configuration, and techno-economic evaluation. Case studies on upscaling technology and pilot and industry scale implementation are included, alongside step-by-step calculations that integrate practical field data and regulatory requirements into the environmental design process. Finally, future trends and developments in advanced biotechnological concepts for biomass waste processing and management are discussed. Clean Energy and Resource Recovery from Biomass Wastes, Volume 1 provides an ideal reference for graduate students and researchers interested in bioenergy and renewable energy, and environmental engineers and industry practitioners involved in waste management and resource recovery. Comprehensive coverage of all treatment technologies from waste biomass for bioenergy and related bio-products Provides innovative strategies to increase the efficiency of anaerobic digestion, including during pre- and post-treatment Includes industry case studies showing successful implementation processes and strategies
Book Synopsis Current Advances in Anaerobic Digestion Technology by : Marcell Nikolausz
Download or read book Current Advances in Anaerobic Digestion Technology written by Marcell Nikolausz and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anaerobic digestion (AD) is one of the oldest biotechnological processes and originally referred to biomass degradation under anoxic conditions in both natural and engineered systems. It has been used for decades to treat various waste streams and to produce methane-rich biogas as an important energy carrier, and it has become a major player in electrical power production. AD is a popular, mature technology, and our knowledge about the influencing process parameters as well as about the diverse microbial communities involved in the process has increased dramatically over the last few decades. To avoid competition with food and feed production, the AD feedstock spectrum has constantly been extended to waste products either rich in recalcitrant lignocellulose or containing inhibitory substances such as ammonia, which requires application of various pre-treatments or specific management of the microbial resources. Extending the definition of AD, it can also convert gases rich in hydrogen and carbon dioxide into methane that can substitute natural gas, which opens new opportunities by a direct link to traditional petrochemistry. Furthermore, AD can be coupled with emerging biotechnological applications, such as microbial electrochemical technologies or the production of medium-chain fatty acids by anaerobic fermentation. Ultimately, because of the wide range of applications, AD is still a very vital field in science. This Special Issue highlights some key topics of this research field.
Book Synopsis Sustainable Resource Recovery and Zero Waste Approaches by : Mohammad Taherzadeh
Download or read book Sustainable Resource Recovery and Zero Waste Approaches written by Mohammad Taherzadeh and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Resource Recovery and Zero Waste Approaches covers waste reduction, biological, thermal and recycling methods of waste recovery, and their conversion into a variety of products. In addition, the social, economic and environmental aspects are also explored, making this a useful textbook for environmental courses and a reference book for both universities and companies. Provides a novel approach on how to achieve zero wastes in a society Shows the roadmap on achieving Sustainable Development Goals Considers critical aspects of municipal waste management Covers recent developments in waste biorefinery, thermal processes, anaerobic digestion, material recycling and landfill mining
Book Synopsis Evaluation of Biological Strategies to Enhance Hydrolysis During Anaerobic Digestion of Complex Waste by : Dores Gurgo e Cirne
Download or read book Evaluation of Biological Strategies to Enhance Hydrolysis During Anaerobic Digestion of Complex Waste written by Dores Gurgo e Cirne and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biogas written by Abd El-Fatah Abomohra and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anaerobic digestion (AD) is by far the most important technology for providing clean renewable energy to millions in rural areas of many developing countries. AD of biowastes produces both biomethane and anaerobic digestate as a byproduct that can be used further as a biofertilizer. Biowastes including sewage, food processing wastes, animal wastes, and lignocellulosic wastes typically produce biogas containing 55%–70% biomethane. In the context of energy consumption, more than 85% of the total energy consumed currently comes from non-renewable fossil resources. Biogas technology can provide sustainable, affordable, and eco-friendly energy through waste recycling. This book provides basic knowledge and recent research on biogas production, focusing on the enhancement of biomethane and production routes integrated with microalgae cultivation or agriculture.
