Syguła, E.; Gałęzowska, M.; Białowiec, A. Enhanced Production of Biogas Using Biochar–Sulfur Composite in the Methane Fermentation Process. Materials2022, 15, 4517.
Syguła, E.; Gałęzowska, M.; Białowiec, A. Enhanced Production of Biogas Using Biochar–Sulfur Composite in the Methane Fermentation Process. Materials 2022, 15, 4517.
Syguła, E.; Gałęzowska, M.; Białowiec, A. Enhanced Production of Biogas Using Biochar–Sulfur Composite in the Methane Fermentation Process. Materials2022, 15, 4517.
Syguła, E.; Gałęzowska, M.; Białowiec, A. Enhanced Production of Biogas Using Biochar–Sulfur Composite in the Methane Fermentation Process. Materials 2022, 15, 4517.
Abstract
Methane fermentation of organic waste is one way to minimize organic waste, which accounts for 77% of the global municipal waste stream. The use of biowaste treatment technologies helps to improve the energy independence of the regions. Improving the efficiency of the methane fermentation process by using additives from waste may be an attractive alternative to the original technology. The use of biochar as an additive for methane fermentation has been shown to increase the production potential of biogas. The reasons for the improvement in efficiency are complex among others, it is assumed that the specific surface area of biochar may increase the population of anaerobic organisms. Up to date, there are many researches on the effect of biochar additions on methane fermentation, but there is no research on the effect of sulfur-biochar composite. The composite product in the form of a mixture of biochar and molten sulfur is an interesting area of research. In this experiment additions of the sulfur-biochar composite were tested to improve the fermentation process. The composite consisted of 40% biochar and 60% of sulfur and was added to the process. As results the addition of 1% of the composite increased the biogas potential by 4%.
Keywords
sulfur; biogas; biochar; methane fermentation
Subject
Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology
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