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A physicochemical method for increasing methane production from rice straw: Extrusion combined with alkali pretreatment

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  • Zhang, Yalei
  • Chen, Xiaohua
  • Gu, Yu
  • Zhou, Xuefei

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Pretreatment is a crucial processing step in the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass (LB) into methane by anaerobic digestion. A physicochemical LB pretreatment method, i.e., using an extruder to reduce the biomass size prior to sodium hydroxide (NaOH) pretreatment, was reported. The optimal condition for economic feasibility and pretreatment efficiency was an alkaline loading rate of 3.0% at 35°C for 48h. Under this condition, the methane production from the rice straw that was processed by extrusion combined with NaOH pretreatment was 54.0% higher than that of a control sample. The energy recovery (ER) efficiency improved from 38.9% to 59.9% using the combination pretreatment. The mechanisms that caused the significant improvement in the methane production and ER efficiency in the extrusion–NaOH pretreatment were investigated. The pretreatment changed the physical properties (water-holding capacity, specific porosity, specific surface area and crystallinity index), the chemical composition (lignin, benzene–ethanol extractives and hot-water extractives) and the chemical structure, which increased degradation of holocelluloses and other difficulty biodegradable compounds.

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  • Zhang, Yalei & Chen, Xiaohua & Gu, Yu & Zhou, Xuefei, 2015. "A physicochemical method for increasing methane production from rice straw: Extrusion combined with alkali pretreatment," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 39-48.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:160:y:2015:i:c:p:39-48
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.011
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