LAPSE:2018.0980
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LAPSE:2018.0980
Biochar as Additive in Biogas-Production from Bio-Waste
Daniel Meyer-Kohlstock, Thomas Haupt, Erik Heldt, Nils Heldt, Eckhard Kraft
November 27, 2018
Previous publications about biochar in anaerobic digestion show encouraging results with regard to increased biogas yields. This work investigates such effects in a solid-state fermentation of bio-waste. Unlike in previous trials, the influence of biochar is tested with a setup that simulates an industrial-scale biogas plant. Both the biogas and the methane yield increased around 5% with a biochar addition of 5%—based on organic dry matter biochar to bio-waste. An addition of 10% increased the yield by around 3%. While scaling effects prohibit a simple transfer of the results to industrial-scale plants, and although the certainty of the results is reduced by the heterogeneity of the bio-waste, further research in this direction seems promising.
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anaerobic digestion, bio-waste, biochar, biogas, composting, solid-state fermentation
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Meyer-Kohlstock D, Haupt T, Heldt E, Heldt N, Kraft E. Biochar as Additive in Biogas-Production from Bio-Waste. (2018). LAPSE:2018.0980
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Meyer-Kohlstock D: Biotechnology in Resources Management, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Coudraystr. 7, Weimar 99423, Germany [ORCID]
Haupt T: Biotechnology in Resources Management, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Coudraystr. 7, Weimar 99423, Germany
Heldt E: Biotechnology in Resources Management, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Coudraystr. 7, Weimar 99423, Germany
Heldt N: Biotechnology in Resources Management, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Coudraystr. 7, Weimar 99423, Germany
Kraft E: Biotechnology in Resources Management, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Coudraystr. 7, Weimar 99423, Germany
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Energies
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9
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4
Article Number
E247
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2016
Publication Date
2016-03-29
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1996-1073
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