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The bioenergy production from alternative sources such as biomass has been leading to an increase of biomass fly ash (BFA) that need proper management. In this study, the performance and optimization of the biochemical methane potential of tomato residues were studied through the addition of BFA. The results demonstrated that higher methane production can be achieved when BFA is added in the concentration of 2500 and 10,000 mg/L instead of the use of a synthetic nutrient medium. The optimization of the substrate-to-inoculum ratio (SIR) and the BFA concentration demonstrated that a higher SIR can be applied in the reactor due to the higher buffering capacity of the system, which allows the digestion of higher substrate quantities. The optimum conditions determined were a SIR equal to 1.0 and a BFA concentration of 5000 mg/L. Moreover, the kinetic study revealed that the BFA can be added to the anaerobic digestion process without compromising the rate of biogas formation. Overall, this study demonstrated that biomass fly ash can act as a buffering agent as well as a nutrient supplier in the anaerobic digestion process.
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R.P. Rodrigues acknowledges the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) for the Ph.D. grant (SFRH/BD/145694/2019) and the fellowship from the project MATIS, Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER), através do Programa Operacional Regional do Centro (CENTRO2020) CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000014. Thanks are due to the Strategic Project of CIEPQPF (UIDB/00102/2020), financed by FCT through national funds. P.V. Almeida acknowledges the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) for the Ph.D. grant (2020.08445.BD).
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Rodrigues, R.P., Almeida, P.V., Martinho, C.M.O., Gando-Ferreira, L.M., Quina, M.J. (2023). Biochemical Methane Potential Enhancement Through Biomass Fly Ash Addition. In: Caetano, N.S., Felgueiras, M.C. (eds) The 9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research. ICEER 2022. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43559-1_62
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