title: Kinetics of methane production from the codigestion of switchgrass and Spirulina platensis algae.
abstract: Anaerobic batch digestion of four feedstocks was conducted at 35 and 50 °C: switchgrass; Spirulina platensis algae; and two mixtures of both switchgrass and S. platensis. Mixture 1 was composed of 87% switchgrass (based on volatile solids) and 13% S. platensis. Mixture 2 was composed of 67% switchgrass and 33% S. platensis. The kinetics of methane production from these feedstocks was studied using four first order models: exponential, Gompertz, Fitzhugh, and Cone. The methane yields after 40days of digestion at 35 °C were 355, 127, 143 and 198 ml/g VS, respectively for S. platensis, switchgrass, and Mixtures 1 and 2, while the yields at 50 °C were 358, 167, 198, and 236 ml/g VS, respectively. Based on Akaike's information criterion, the Cone model best described the experimental data. The Cone model was validated with experimental data collected from the digestion of a third mixture that was composed of 83% switchgrass and 17% S. platensis.
authors: Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO 65101, USA. el-mashadh@lincolnu.edu
authors: Hamed M
authors: HM
authors: El-Mashad
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D007700:Kinetics; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008897:Panicum / Q000378:metabolism*; D053545:Spirulina / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D008697:Methane