Anaerobic Biodegradability of Agricultural Renewable Fibers

Anaerobic biodegradability and treatment of Egyptian domestic sewage.

The anaerobic biodegradability of domestic sewage for four Egyptian villages and four Egyptian cities was determined in batch experiments. The results showed that the biodegradability of the Egyptian-villages sewage (73%) was higher than that of the cities (66%). The higher biodegradability of the soluble COD of village sewage (69%) as compared to that of the cities (46%) was the reason for the...

Assessing Biodegradability of Pval/ Starch Blends in an Anaerobic Envinronment

Research was conducted into biological degradation of PVAL modified samples, mixed with starch in an anaerobic environment. The test of biodegradability was performed in an aqueous environment under anaerobic conditions with digested activated sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plant. Evalution of biodegradation was based on methane and carbon dioxide produced in the gas phase and TOC d...

Improved anaerobic digestion of energy crops and agricultural residues Improved anaerobic digestion of energy crops and agricultural residues

Renewable Fuels from the Gasification of Food Agricultural Wastes

In this idealized, stoichiometric equation, cellulose (represented as C,H,,O,) reacts with water to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide, mimicking the commercial manufacture of hydrogen from methane by catalytic steam reforming chemistv. More realistically, a practical technology must be able to convert the cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and extractive components of the biomass feedstock to ...

Improve the Anaerobic Biodegradability by Copretreatment of Thermal Alkali and Steam Explosion of Lignocellulosic Waste

Effective alteration of the recalcitrance properties like crystallization of cellulose, lignin shield, and interlinking of lignocellulosic biomass is an ideal way to utilize the full-scale potential for biofuel production. This study exhibited three different pretreatment effects to enhance the digestibility of corn stover (CS) for methane production. In this context, steam explosion (SE) and t...