title: Effect of various types of thermal pretreatment techniques on the hydrolysis, compositional analysis and characterization of water hyacinth.
abstract: The aim of this work was to study the effect of four different types of thermal pretreatment techniques i.e., hot air oven, microwave, autoclave and hot water bath on the hydrolysis, compositional analysis and characterization of water hyacinth. To determine the most efficient thermal pretreatment technique exhibiting enhanced solubilisation. Highest solubilisation was achieved by hot air oven (55.5%), followed by microwave, hot water bath and autoclave. Bio-chemical methane potential (BMP) test of hot air oven pretreated and untreated water hyacinth was conducted. Cumulative methane production of 3039±32mLCH4/gVS was achieved by hot air oven pretreated water hyacinth at 90°C for 1h which was way higher than the cumulative methane production of untreated water hyacinth 2396±19mLCH4/gVS on the 35th day. Compositional analysis and characterization of water hyacinth were also investigated to study the changes in the pretreated samples.
authors.affiliation: Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India. Electronic address: visvabharti@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Visva Bharati
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Barua
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India.
authors.forename: Ajay S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kalamdhad
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D031806:Eichhornia / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods; D008872:Microwaves; D057685:Plant Weeds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012995:Solubility; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D008697:Methane
keywords: Bio-chemical methane potential; Hot air oven; Lignocellulose; Thermal pretreatment; Water hyacinth