Quintana-Najera, J, Blacker, AJ orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-2712, Fletcher, LA et al. (1 more author) (2021) The effect of augmentation of biochar and hydrochar in anaerobic digestion of a model substrate. Bioresource Technology, 321. 124494. ISSN 0960-8524
Abstract
The augmentation of biochar produced at 450 and 600-650 °C and hydrochar produced at 250 °C has been investigated using biochemical methane potential experiments of cellulose. The feedstocks used for the char production included the lignocellulosic (oak wood), macroalgae (Fucus serratus) and aquatic plant (water hyacinth). Biomethane production was improved with the addition of lower-temperature biochars from oak wood (285 mL CH4/g VS) and water hyacinth (294 mL CH4/g VS), corresponding to 7 and 11 % more than the control. The addition of these two biochars increased the methane production rate of 2.4 and 2.3 times the control, respectively. Higher temperature biochars showed no difference. Conversely, all hydrochars and macroalgae biochars augmentation reduced methane generation by 57-86 %. The chemical and structural composition of each of the chars differed significantly. Surface oxygen functionality appears to be the most important property of the biochars that improved digestion performance.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Anaerobic digestion; Biomethane; Biochar; Hydrochar; Surface functionality |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemistry (Leeds) > Organic Chemistry (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BBSRC (Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council) BB/S011439/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2020 12:46 |
Last Modified: | 03 Dec 2021 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124494 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:168696 |
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