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Evaluation of Dried Sweet Sorghum Stalks as Raw Material for Methane Production
Joint Authors
Christakopoulos, Paul
Rova, Ulrika
Matsakas, Leonidas
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-08-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The potential of utilizing dried sweet sorghum stalks as raw material for anaerobic digestion has been evaluated.
Two different treatments were tested, a mild thermal and an enzymatic, alone or in combination.
Thermal pretreatment was found to decrease the methane yields, whereas one-step enzymatic treatment resulted in a significant increase of 15.1% comparing to the untreated sweet sorghum.
Subsequently, in order to increase the total methane production, the combined effect of enzyme load and I/S on methane yields from sweet sorghum was evaluated by employing response surface methodology.
The obtained model showed that the maximum methane yield that could be achieved is 296 mL CH4/g VS at I/S ratio of 0.35 with the addition of 11.12 FPU/g sweet sorghum.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Matsakas, Leonidas& Rova, Ulrika& Christakopoulos, Paul. 2014. Evaluation of Dried Sweet Sorghum Stalks as Raw Material for Methane Production. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-494245
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Matsakas, Leonidas…[et al.]. Evaluation of Dried Sweet Sorghum Stalks as Raw Material for Methane Production. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-494245
American Medical Association (AMA)
Matsakas, Leonidas& Rova, Ulrika& Christakopoulos, Paul. Evaluation of Dried Sweet Sorghum Stalks as Raw Material for Methane Production. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-494245
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-494245