Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 1913-1920.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.10.15

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Effect of acid and alkali pretreatment on anaerobic co-digestion characteristics of pepper straw and sheep manure

MENG Yan(), LIU Li, LI Yi, CHEN Laisheng, DU Zhongping, HAN Rui*()   

  1. Qinghai Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology, Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
  • Received:2021-03-12 Online:2021-10-25 Published:2021-11-02
  • Contact: HAN Rui

Abstract:

To realize resource utilization of agricultural wastes, batch anaerobic fermentation experiments were performed to compare the effects of H2SO4 pretreatment (volume fraction of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%) and Ca(OH)2 pretreatment (mass fraction of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%) of pepper straw on the characteristics of methane production during anaerobic co-digestion of pepper straw and sheep manure. It was shown that methane yield in the anaerobic fermentation increased with higher Ca(OH)2 mass fraction in the pretreatment, and the maximum methane yield of 188.56 mL·g-1 was achieved with 8% Ca(OH)2 pretreatment, which was significantly (P<0.05) higher than those of the other treatments, and the methane yield was 61.26% higher than that of control. In contrast, the increased volume fraction of H2SO4 in pretreatment resulted in reduced methane yield, all of which were significantly (P<0.05) lower than that of control. The modified Gompertz model could fit the methanogenesis process. The maximum methane yield (Vm) was higher with Ca(OH)2 pretreatment, which indicated that the pretreatment of pepper straw with Ca(OH)2 could effectively increase the hydrolysis rate. Moreover, both acid and alkali pretreatment exhibited a certain degradation effect on the lignocellulose of pepper straw, yet Ca(OH)2 pretreatment showed higher degradation effect.

Key words: acid pretreatment, alkali pretreatment, pepper straw, anaerobic co-digestion, methane

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