Biogas Production

Ackmez Mudhoo, BEng, MPhil, is Lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Mauritius. His main research interests encompass bioremediation of organic wastes and other process residues using composting, anaerobic digestion, and other green tehniques. He has dozens of international journal publications and conference papers to his credit. He is also a peer reviewer on numerous journals, and is the editor for two international research journals.

• Preface xvAcknowledgements xviiSpecial Contributor xviiiEditor xixList of Contributors xxi1. Anaerobic Digestion: Pretreatments of Substrates 1Tanta Forster-Carnetro, Ricardo Isaac, Montserrat Pérez, and Ciarita Schvartz1.1 Pretreatments in Anaerobic Digestion Process 21.2 Physical Pretreatment 61.3 Chemical Pretreatment 151.4 Biological Pretreatment 171.5 Combined Pretreatment 181.6 Concluding Note 192. Recalcitrance of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Anaerobic Digestion 27Mohammad J. Taherzadeh and Azam Jeihanipour2.1 Introduction 272.2 Plant Cell Wall Anatomy 282.3 Chemistry of Cell Wall Polymers 302.4 Molecular Interactions Between Cell Wall Polymers 392.5 Plant Cell Wall Molecular Architecture 402.6 Recalcitrance of Plant Cell Wall Cellulose 422.7 Reduction of Biomass Recalcitrance 462.8 Concluding Note 503. The Effect of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Pretreatments of Biomass on its Anaerobic Digestibility and Biogas Production 55Katerina Stamatelatou, Georgia Antonopoulou, loanna Ntaikou, and Gerasimos Lyberatos3.1 Introduction 563.2 Pretreatment Methods for Lignocellulosic Biomass 573.3 Pretreatment Methods for Sewage Sludge 773.4 Concluding Note 844. Application of Ultrasound Pretreatment for Sludge Digestion 91Show Kuan Yeow and Wong Lai Peng4.1 Introduction 914.2 Anaerobic Digestion 934.3 Overview of Pretreatment Methods for Anaerobic Digestion 954.4 Fundamental of Ultrasound 1004.5 Bubbles Dynamic 1034.6 Effects of Ultrasound 1064.7 Ultrasound Applications 1094.8 Ultrasonication for Anaerobic Digesion 1164.9 Evaluation on Sludge Disintegration 1264.10 Conclusions 1315. Microwave Sludge Irradiation 137Cigdetn Esktctoglu and Giampiero Galvagno5.1 Introduction 1375.2 Microwave Theory 1395.3 Microwave Irradiation for Waste Sludge Treatment 1445.4 Industrial Microwave Applications 1475.5 Microwave Absorbing Materials and Ionic Liquids 1485.6 Sludge Pretreatment Similar to Microwave Irradiation 1515.7 Concluding Notes 1516. Hydrolytic Enzymes Enhancing Anaerobic Digestion 157Teresa Suárez Quiñones, Matthias Plöchl, Katrin Päzolt, Jörn Budde, Robert Kausmann, Edith Nettmann, and Monika Heiermann6.1 Introduction 1586.2 Where and How can Enzymes be Applied? 1706.3 Impact of Enzyme Application 1786.4 Economic Assessment 1916.5 Concluding Note 1927. Oxidizing Agents and Organic Solvents as Pretreatment for Anaerobic Digestion 199Lise Appels, Jan Van Impe, and Raf Dewil7.1 Oxidative Pretreatment Methods 1997.2 Organic Solvents 2107.3 Concluding Note 2128. Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Utilization in Greece: Current Status and Perspectives 215Avraam Karagiannidis, George Perkoultdts, and Apostólos Malamakts8.1 Assessment of Existing Biogas Installations 2158.2 Use of Waste Material for Biogas Production 2178.3 Feedstock Availability and Agricultural Structures 2198.4 Purification of Biogas for Insertion in the Natural Gas Grid 2248.5 Biogas Utilization 2268.6 Concluding Note 2279. Original Research: Investigating the Potential of Using Biogas in Cooking Stove in Rodrigues 229Dinesh Surroop and Osman Dina Bégué9.1 Energy Crisis and Future Challenges 2309.2 Case Study of Rodrigues 2319.3 Rationale of Research Study 2339.4 Research Methodology 2349.5 Reactor Design Considerations 2419.6 Results, Findings and Discussions 2479.7 Conclusions 25710. Optimizing and Modeling the Anaerobic Digestion of Lignocellulosic Wastes by Rumen Cultures 259Zhen-Hu Hu and Han-Qing Yu10.1 Introduction 26010.2 Materials and Methods 26210.3 Optimizing the Anaerobic Digestion of Microwave-Pretreated Cattail by Rumen Cultures 26610.4 Modeling the Anaerobic Digestion of Cattail by Rumen Cultures 27510.5 Concluding Note 28711. Pretreatment of Biocatalyst as Viable Option for Sustained Production of Biohydrogen from Wastewater Treatment 291S. Venkata Mohan and R. Kannatah Goud11.1 Introduction 29211.2 Pretreatment of Biocatalyst 29411.3 Combined Pretreatment 30011.4 Influence of Pretreatment on Wastewater Treatment 30211.5 Microbial Diversity 30311.6 Summary and Future Scope 304Acknowledgements 305References 305Index 313

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