Anaerobic digestion of saline creeping wild ryegrass for biogas production and pretreatment of particleboard material

Bioresour Technol. 2009 Feb;100(4):1582-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.08.048. Epub 2008 Oct 31.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to develop an integrated process to produce biogas and high-quality particleboard using saline creeping wild ryegrass (CWR), Leymus triticoides through anaerobic digestion (AD). Besides producing biogas, AD also serves as a pretreatment method to remove the wax layer of CWR for improving binding capability and then the residue is used to produce high-quality particleboard. CWR was digested for three time periods, 15, 22, and 33 days with the volatile solid (VS) loading of 10 g-VS/L-sludge and the food to microorganism (F/M) ratio of 1.41. The highest biogas yield after digestion for 33 days was 251 mL/g-VS, which is corresponded to energy of 8419BTU/kg-dry CWR. The highest methane content of biogas was 63%. Compared with particleboards manufactured from urea formaldehyde (UF) and untreated CWR, the mechanical and long-term (24 h) water resistance properties of particleboards made from UF and 33-day AD CWR residue were statistically significantly improved, except for modulus of elasticity (MOE). For example, the modulus of rupture (MOR) was increased by 39%. The results indicated that the integrated process could be a cost-effective and environmentally friendly method for producing bioenergy and particleboard with agricultural residues.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anaerobiosis
  • Bioelectric Energy Sources*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Lolium / metabolism*
  • Mechanical Phenomena
  • Methane / analysis
  • Paper*
  • Salinity*
  • Sewage
  • Time Factors
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Sewage
  • Water
  • Methane