Anand, V and Chanakya, HN and Rajan, MGC (1991) Solid phase fermentation of leaf biomass to biogas. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 6 (1). pp. 23-33.
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This paper describes a simple technique for the fermentation of untreated or partly-treated leafy biomass in a digester of novel design without incurring the normal problems of feeding, floating and scum formation of feed, etc. The solid phase fermentation studied consists of a bed of biomass frequently sprinkled with an aqueous bacterial inoculum and recycling the leachate to conserve moisture and improve the bacterial dispersion in the bed. The decomposition of the leaf biomass and water hyacinth substrates used in this study was rapid, taking 45 and 30 days for the production of 250 and 235 l biogas per kg total solids (TS) respectively, for the above mentioned substrates at a daily sprinkled volume of 26 ml cm−2 of bed per day sprinkled at 12 h intervals. Very little volatile fatty acid (VFA) intermediates accumulated in the liquid sprinkled, suggesting acidogenesis to be rate-limiting in this process. From the pattern of VFA and gas produced it is concluded that most of the biogas produced is from the biomass bed, thus making the operation of a separate methanogenic reactor unnecessary.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Resources, Conservation and Recycling |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Astronomy and Astrophysics Programme |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2009 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2009 10:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/24706 |
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