MSE 2024
Poster
A comparative biomethane potential (BMP) assessment of fibrous biomass materials and an evaluation of the net effect of hydrolysis and mechanical pressing pre-treatments
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Joseph Yankyera Kusi (M.Sc.)

Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences

Yankyera Kusi, J. (Speaker)¹; Empl, F.¹; Mueller, R.¹; Poetsch, J.¹; Sailer, G.²; Kirchhof, R.¹; Amankona Ofori, L.³; Pelz, S.¹; Attiogbe, F.⁴; Agyemang Derkyi, N.S.⁵
¹Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences (HFR), Rottenburg am Neckar; ²University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart; ³Sustainable Energy Materials and Systems Engineering Department, Sunyani (Ghana); ⁴Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sunyani (Ghana); ⁵University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani (Ghana)

This study aimed at characterising, hydrolysing and mechanically pressing a mixture of fibrous biomass materials (cassava, yam and plantain peels) from Africa. It comparatively evaluates the biomethane potential from these mixtures and their press waters and cakes, using the Hohenheim Biogas Technology (HBT) at a temperature of 27 ℃ and an inoculum produced at a mesophilic temperature of 37 ℃ but adapted to a psychrophilic temperature of 27 ℃. The studied materials conform to biowaste, with energetic values relevant for biogas generation. The biomethane potentials of the materials pre-treated using hydrolysis is about 60% more than the biomethane potential of the non-treated form. Press waters and press cakes from these materials (both pre-treated and non-pre-treated) proved to have valuable biogas potentials, useful for energy purposes. In this study, the primary materials contained a mixture of different waste materials in a form that mimics the practically occurring generation pattern in Africa, unlike most studies, which considered single materials waste resources.

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