 Comparison of rumen microorganism and digester sludge dominated anaerobic digestion processes for aquatic plantsZheng-Bo Yue, Jin Wang, Xiao-Meng Liu and Han-Qing Yu Renewable Energy, 2012, vol. 46, issue C, 255-258 Abstract: Digester sludge and rumen fluid were explored as the inoculum sources of anaerobic reactors fed with aquatic plants. Methane and volatile fatty acid were both expressed in terms of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in this study. A higher product yield of 464.3 g COD/g total solid (TS) was achieved in the reactor inoculated with digester sludge compared to rumen fluid with a value of 362.8 g COD/g TS. In contrast, the maximum product formation rate was 120.4 and 207.2 mg COD/L/d in the reactors with digester sludge and rumen fluid, respectively. Steam-explosion pretreatment improved the product yield by 18.5% and 14.5% for reactors inoculated with rumen fluid and digester sludge, respectively, while the product formation rate was increased by 128.7% for the first case but had no significant change for the second case. This study indicated that the anaerobic reactor inoculated with rumen fluid had a higher product formation rate than that with digester sludge when feeding cellulose, untreated bulrush and steam exploded bulrush. Keywords: Anaerobic digestion; Aquatic plant; Digester sludge; Rumen fluid; Steam-explosion (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:46:y:2012:i:c:p:255-258 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.03.030 Access Statistics for this article Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier |
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