Anaerobic Digestion of Lignocellulose Components: Challenges and Novel Approaches

Rubén Agregán; José M. Lorenzo; Manoj Kumar; Mohammad Ali Shariati; Muhammad Usman Khan; Abid Sarwar; Muhammad Sultan; Maksim Rebezov; Muhammad Usman

LAPSE:2023.7779

Published Article

LAPSE:2023.7779

Anaerobic Digestion of Lignocellulose Components: Challenges and Novel Approaches

Rubén Agregán, José M. Lorenzo, Manoj Kumar, Mohammad Ali Shariati, Muhammad Usman Khan, Abid Sarwar, Muhammad Sultan, Maksim Rebezov, Muhammad Usman

February 24, 2023

Abstract
The reuse of lignocellulosic biomaterials as a source of clean energy has been explored in recent years due to the large amount of waste that involves human activities, such as those related to agriculture and food. The anaerobic digestion (AD) of plant-based biomass for bioenergy production poses a series of challenges that new technologies are attempting to solve. An improved decomposition of recalcitrant lignocellulose together with an increase in biogas production yield are the main objectives of these new approaches, which also seek the added value of being environmentally friendly. Recent research has reported significant progress in this regard, offering promising outcomes on the degradation of lignocellulose and its subsequent transformation into biomethane by specialized anaerobic microorganisms, overcoming the drawbacks inherent to the process and improving the yield of methane production. The future of the agri−food industry seems to be heading towards the implementation of a circular economy through the introduction of strategies based on the optimized use of lignocellulosic residues as a source of clean and sustainable energy.

Record ID

LAPSE:2023.7779

Keywords

cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, lignocellulose, methanogenesis, plant biomass, Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Subject

Environment

Suggested Citation

Agregán R, Lorenzo JM, Kumar M, Shariati MA, Khan MU, Sarwar A, Sultan M, Rebezov M, Usman M. Anaerobic Digestion of Lignocellulose Components: Challenges and Novel Approaches. (2023). LAPSE:2023.7779

Author Affiliations

Agregán R: Centro Tecnológico de la Carne de Galicia, Adva. Galicia n° 4, Parque Tecnológico de Galicia, San Cibrao das Viñas, 32900 Ourense, Spain
Lorenzo JM: Centro Tecnológico de la Carne de Galicia, Adva. Galicia n° 4, Parque Tecnológico de Galicia, San Cibrao das Viñas, 32900 Ourense, Spain; Área de Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Ciencias de Ourense, Universidad de Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain [ORCID]
Kumar M: Chemical and Biochemical Processing Division, ICAR—Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai 400019, India [ORCID]
Shariati MA: Department of Scientific Research, K. G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), 73 Zemlyanoy Val, Moscow 109004, Russia; Department of Scientific Research, Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy [ORCID]
Khan MU: Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
Sarwar A: Department of Irrigation and Drainage, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan [ORCID]
Sultan M: Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan [ORCID]
Rebezov M: Department of Scientific Research, K. G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), 73 Zemlyanoy Val, Moscow 109004, Russia; Department of Scientific Research, Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy [ORCID]
Usman M: School of Civil Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 1, 21073 Hamburg, Germany [ORCID]

Journal Name

Energies

Volume

15

Issue

22

First Page

8413

Year

2022

Publication Date

2022-11-10