Pretreatment of agricultural biomass for anaerobic digestion: Current state and challenges
- Authors
- Paudel, Shukra Raj; Banjara, Sushant Prasad; Choi, Oh Kyung; Park, Ki Young; Kim, Young Mo; Lee, Jae Woo
- Issue Date
- 12월-2017
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Anaerobic digestion (AD); Agricultural residue; Biogas; Lignocellulosic biomass; Pretreatment
- Citation
- BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, v.245, pp.1194 - 1205
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 245
- Start Page
- 1194
- End Page
- 1205
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/81408
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.182
- ISSN
- 0960-8524
- Abstract
- The anaerobic digestion (AD) of agricultural biomass is an attractive second generation biofuel with potential environmental and economic benefits. Most agricultural biomass contains lignocellulose which requires pretreatment prior to AD. For optimization, the pretreatment methods need to be specific to the characteristics of the biomass feedstock. In this review, cereal residue, fruit and vegetable wastes, grasses and animal manure were selected as the agricultural biomass candidates, and the fundamentals and current state of various pretreatment methods used for AD of these feedstocks were investigated. Several nonconventional methods (electrical, ionic liquid-based chemicals, ruminant biological pretreatment) offer potential as targeted pretreatments of lignocellulosic biomass, but each comes with its own challenges. Pursuing an energy-intensive route, a combined bioethanol-biogas production could be a promising a second biofuel refinery option, further emphasizing the importance of pretreatment when lignocellulosic feedstock is used.
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