title: Pretreatment methods of lignocellulosic biomass for anaerobic digestion.
abstract: Agricultural residues, such as lignocellulosic materials (LM), are the most attractive renewable bioenergy sources and are abundantly found in nature. Anaerobic digestion has been extensively studied for the effective utilization of LM for biogas production. Experimental investigation of physiochemical changes that occur during pretreatment is needed for developing mechanistic and effective models that can be employed for the rational design of pretreatment processes. Various-cutting edge pretreatment technologies (physical, chemical and biological) are being tested on the pilot scale. These different pretreatment methods are widely described in this paper, among them, microaerobic pretreatment (MP) has gained attention as a potential pretreatment method for the degradation of LM, which just requires a limited amount of oxygen (or air) supplied directly during the pretreatment step. MP involves microbial communities under mild conditions (temperature and pressure), uses fewer enzymes and less energy for methane production, and is probably the most promising and environmentally friendly technique in the long run. Moreover, it is technically and economically feasible to use microorganisms instead of expensive chemicals, biological enzymes or mechanical equipment. The information provided in this paper, will endow readers with the background knowledge necessary for finding a promising solution to methane production.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 505 Zonghe Building, 15 North 3rd Ring East Road, Beijing, 100029, China.|College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.|Center for Climate Research and Development (CCRD), COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Farrukh Raza
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.affiliation: College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 505 Zonghe Building, 15 North 3rd Ring East Road, Beijing, 100029, China.
authors.forename: Habiba
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khalid
authors.affiliation: College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 505 Zonghe Building, 15 North 3rd Ring East Road, Beijing, 100029, China.|College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 505 Zonghe Building, 15 North 3rd Ring East Road, Beijing, 100029, China.
authors.forename: Sajid U
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Ruihong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 505 Zonghe Building, 15 North 3rd Ring East Road, Beijing, 100029, China.
authors.forename: Guangqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 505 Zonghe Building, 15 North 3rd Ring East Road, Beijing, 100029, China. chenchang@mail.buct.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: Biodegradation; Biogas; Lignocellulose; Microaerobic; Microbial community; Pretreatment