The Efficiency Analysis of Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng for Methane Production

Author

Yin, Fang ; Ma, Yu ; Zhang, Wudi ; Liu, Shiqing ; Xu, Rui ; Li, Jianchang ; Chen, Yubao

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Adv. Tech. & Preparation for Renewable Energy Mater., Yunnan Normal Univ., Kunming, China

fYear

2011

fDate

25-28 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng can potentially be utilized in several bioenergy pathways. When pretreated with microbial inoculum, it can be used as biogas fermentation material, which could increase the biogas production velocity. Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng is a promising potential biogas feedstock, whose rate of gas generation is 180 (m3-t_1TS) and fuel conversion efficiency is 12.37% at 30°C. When co-fermentated for hydrogen and methane production, it can increase the material degradation velocity and energy utilization efficiency, and decrease the fermentation reaction period.

Keywords

bioenergy conversion; biofuel; energy conservation; fermentation; hydrogen production; microorganisms; Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng; bioenergy pathways; biogas feedstock; biogas fermentation material; biogas production velocity; energy utilization; fuel conversion; hydrogen production; material degradation velocity; methane production; microbial inoculum; Biomass; Energy conversion; Microorganisms; Solids; Sugar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2011 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Wuhan

ISSN

2157-4839

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6253-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APPEEC.2011.5749139

Filename

5749139