Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 143, Issue -, Pages 330-336Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.06.017
Keywords
Microalgal biomass; Anaerobic digestion; Pretreatment method; Methane production; Net energy balance
Funding
- Energy Efficiency & Resources of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP)
- Korea government Ministry of Knowledge Economy [2012T100201665]
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Anaerobic digestion was regarded as one of the ways to recover energy from mixed-microalgae biomass in this study. After applying thermal-, ultrasonic-, and alkali-pretreatments to raw microalgae biomass to promote the digestion efficiency, a biochemical methane potential was investigated to evaluate the effectiveness of the pre-treatments for the purpose. As the pretreatment intensity increased, the solubilization of the mixed microalgae increased. However, the increased solubilization was not followed proportionally by the increased methane production. The highest methane productivity was achieved by the thermal-pretreatment at 120 degrees C (405 mL CH4/g-VS), which was 1.2 times higher than that of the non-pretreatment condition (336 mL CH4/g-VS). The net energy analysis revealed that only the pretreatment adjusted to pH 9 yielded a slightly higher energy gains (12.8 kJ/g-VS) than that of non-pretreatment condition (11.9 kJ/g-VS). These findings recommend direct supply of microalgae biomass for anaerobic digestion. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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