Effect of hydrothermal pretreatment of sunflower oil cake on biomethane potential focusing on fibre composition

Autor: Rafael Borja, M. Ángeles De la Rubia, V. Fernández-Cegrí, F. Raposo
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Bioresource technology. 123
ISSN: 1873-2976
Popis: The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of hydrothermal pretreatment at 25, 100, 150 and 200 °C on fibre composition and the biomethane potential of sunflower oil cake (SuOC). An increase in pretreatment temperature from 25 to 200 °C caused a decrease in hemicellulose content in the solid pretreated fraction from 13 to 6% while the lignin content increased by 16%. Soluble compounds also increased with temperature. Digestion of solid fractions from pretreatments at 25, 100, 150 and 200 °C in batch assays at 35 ± 1 °C resulted in methane yields of 114 ± 9, 105 ± 7, 82 ± 7 and 53 ± 8 mL CH 4 g −1 COD added , respectively. The corresponding methane yields for the liquid fractions were 276 ± 6, 310 ± 4, 220 ± 15 and 247 ± 10 mL CH 4 g −1 COD added , respectively. Therefore the overall methane yield was highest for SuOC pretreated at 100 °C; however, this value was only 6.5% higher than that achieved after pretreatment at 25 °C.
Databáze: OpenAIRE