This paper presents a spatially explicit method for making regional estimates of the potential for biogas production from crop residues and manure, accounting for key technical, biochemical, environmental and economic constraints. Methods for making such estimates are important as biofuels from agricultural residues are receiving increasing policy support from the EU and major biogas producers,...

To achieve energy security and to address related environmental issues attempts have been made find out such resources that are economically viable environmentally friendly. Biogas appears as a sustainable, renewable carbon neutral source, substitute reduce the global fossil fuels dependency. Agricultural activities generate huge amounts of organic residues annually worldwide. Microbial convers...

The bioenergy sector in Nigeria currently lacks a proper assessment of resource availability. In this study, we investigated the potential agricultural residues and municipal solid liquid waste using data from 2008 to 2018, applied computational analytical approach with mild assumptions. technical for production cellulosic ethanol biogas was estimated available biomass. It discovered that highe...

Sisal leaf decortications residue (SLDR) is amongst the most abundant agro-industrial residues in Tanzania and is a good feedstock for biogas production. Pre-treatment of the residue prior to its anaerobic digestion (AD) was investigated using a two-stage pre-treatment approach with two fungal strains, CCHT-1 and Trichoderma reesei in succession in anaerobic batch bioreactors. AD of the pre-tre...

Vinegar residue, a typical agro-industrial by-product in the vinegar production process, constitutes a huge environmental problem in China. Though utilization of vinegar residue has drawn much attention, there is still no effective, economical, and environmentally friendly method to deal with it. Anaerobic digestion is an effective method widely used in organic waste processing which might be a...

Limonene is present in orange peel wastes and is known as an antimicrobial agent, which impedes biogas production when digesting the peels. In this work, pretreatment of the peels to remove limonene under mild condition was proposed by leaching of limonene using hexane as solvent. The pretreatments were carried out with homogenized or chopped orange peel at 20-40°C with orange peel waste and he...

Nowadays the water treatment plants are assembled with anaerobic digesters for biogas production where the sewage sludge is digested and in turn the energy recovered is used for electricity generation and heat production. Ultimately the sludge volume reduces, which is the major aid to treatment plants and additionally the digestate residue can be reused as a soil conditioner to enhance plant gr...

Biogeosciences Discussions This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal Biogeosciences (BG). Please refer to the corresponding final paper in BG if available. Abstract Legumes are an important source of nitrogen in stockless organic cereal production. However, substantial amounts of N can be lost from legume-grass leys prior to or after incorporation as green manure (GM). Here...