Dual-frequency ultrasound combined with alkali pretreatment of corn stalk for enhanced biogas production

Cuiying Dong, Juan Chen, Ruolin Guan, Xiujin Li and Yuefeng Xin

Renewable Energy, 2018, vol. 127, issue C, 444-451

Abstract: To solve the problem of standing wave produced by single-frequency ultrasonic pretreatment, the dual-frequency ultrasound was applied to pretreat the corn stalk. In this paper, the mechanism of dual-frequency ultrasound was studied, and digital simulation results showed that the cavitation of dual-frequency ultrasound was more violent than that of single-frequency ultrasound, and its energy was more efficient. The anaerobic fermentation of corn stalk that was pretreated by dual-frequency ultrasound combined with alkali (Group 1) lasted for 53 days. The results showed that the cumulative biogas yield of Group 1 was 11.1%, 28.2% and 56.6% respectively higher than that of single-frequency ultrasound combined with alkali pretreatment (Group 2), alkali pretreatment (Group 3) and without pretreatment (Group 4). The TS removal rate of Group1 was 9.9%, 25.0% and 71.4% respectively higher than that of other pretreatment samples, and the VS removal rate was 7.4%, 28.9% and 77.1% respectively higher than that of other group samples. The net energy of Group 1 was 32.2%, 114.9% and 19.7% higher than that of Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4.

Keywords: Corn stalk; Dual-frequency ultrasound pretreatment; Combined pretreatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.03.088

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