Preliminary screening of agricultural feedstocks for anaerobic digestion

Advances in Horticultural Science

Leonardo Verdi¹  Alessandro Calamai¹  Enrico Palchetti¹  Lorenzo Marini¹  Alberto Masoni¹  David Chiaramonti² 

[1] Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali, DAGRI, Università degli Studi di Firenze;Re-Cord Renewable Energy Consortium for Research and Demonstration. Villa Montepaldi, Via di Mucciana 25, 50026 San Casciano Val di Pesa (FI);

关键词: Agro-industrial residues;    Amaranthus cruentus;    Bio methane potential;    Jatropha curcas L.;    milk whey;    Pelargonium graveolens;   

DOI  :  10.13128/ahs-23633

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study is to evaluate the performances in the early stages of biogas production of various unconventional and low inputs crops, such as: kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.), amaranthus (Amarathus cruentus L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.), and sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Moreover, according to a circular economy approach, that foreseen the re-use of all the materials, a wide range of agro-industrial residues were tested such as: pomace, olive oil cake, cow milk whey, ewe milk whey, beer residues, jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.) oil cake and pelargonium (Pelargonium graveolens L.) residues after essential oil extraction. The biogas production was estimated starting from the chemical composition of the substrates as well as through tests in bench’s static reactors. The results showed that the use of silage from crops with reduced agronomic requests (kenaf and amaranthus) versus a conventional crop (corn) led to comparable, or even better, biogas production performances during the initial stages. Moreover, the performance of some residues from the milk industry allowed to conclude that the ewe milk whey can be considered a booster feedstock for the first phase of digestion. All the tested substrates produced a digestate suitable, according to the Italian rules, for soil fertilization or amendment.

【 授权许可】

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