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T1 Alkaline and oxidative pretreatments for the anaerobic digestion of cow manure and maize straw: Factors influencing the process and preliminary economic viability of an industrial application
A1 Ramos Suárez, Juan Luis
A1 Gómez, Daniel
A1 Regueiro, Leticia
A1 Baeza, Andrea
A1 Hansen, Felipe
A2 Ingeniería Agraria y del Medio Natural
K1 Anaerobic digestion
K1 Biogas
K1 Chemical pretreatment
K1 Lignocellulose
K1 Preliminary financial study
AB This paper studies the application of calcium oxide (CaO), peracetic acid (PAA) and a combination of both in order to reduce lignin content and increase biogas potential of cow manure and maize straw. Changes in organic matter were mainly affected by the type of reagent use and the dosage, with minimum influence of exposure time and dilution. Changes in pH may limit the application of chemicals. Increase in biogas production with a combination of CaO and PAA, and separate application of PAA and CaO was 156.5%,39.1% and 26.1% for cow manure and 125%, 137.5% and 37.5% for maize straw, respectively, compared to unpretreated samples. Pretreating cow manure with the aforementioned reagents does not increase the profitability of a biogas plant due mainly to the increase in operational costs from the intensive use of chemicals.
SN 0960-8524
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/40922
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/40922
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 26-abr-2025