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Effect of poultry litter biochar on the biomethanation of alkaline wet air-oxidized water hyacinth at high feed to inoculum (F/I) ratio

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Pretreating water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes Mart) with alkaline wet air oxidation (AWAO) increases the methane production rate when the feed to inoculum ratio (F/I) is equal to 1. Using higher F/I is more practical at large scale, but substrate inhibition occurs. The optimal conditions for the biomethanation of AWAO water hyacinth using high F/I (15) and the effect of biochar on the system were studied. Kinetic studies were conducted on the biomethanation of water hyacinth pretreated at 80 °C, 100 °C, 170 °C with 0.07, and 0.14 g Na2CO3/g feed and digested with 0 g, 0.05 g, and 0.10 g of biochar per g of feed. After 21 days of digestion, the methane rates for the untreated biomass and the water hyacinth pretreated at high temperature and alkali concentration (170 °C, 0.07 g Na2CO3/g) were 5.4 ± 0.1 and 3.6 ± 2.0 N. mL CH4/g feed *day, respectively. Higher methane rates (10.0 ± 0.7 N. mL CH4/g feed *day) were attained for the water hyacinth pretreated at lower temperature (80 °C) and lower alkali concentration (0.07 g Na2CO3/g). Also, the methane yield for the biomass pretreated at 80 °C was twice than that for the pretreated at 170 °C. The biomethanation of the water hyacinth pretreated at higher temperatures and low alkaline concentration showed a 20-day pseudo lag phase that was reduced by adding poultry litter biochar. The use of biochar on high F/I anaerobic digestion from pretreated water hyacinth is promising.

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This research was financially supported by the National Research Fund for Science, Technology, and Innovation (FONDOCYT 2015-2A3–123) of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCYT).

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• AWAO biomass at 80 °C had higher methane rate than at 100 °C and 170 °C

• AWAO at 80 °C and low alkali (0.07 g Na2CO3/g) had highest methane rate

• Low alkali and high temperature produced a 20-day lag phase in biomethanation

• Biochar reduced a 20-day lag phase in high temperature and low alkali AWAO

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Castro, Y.A., Agblevor, F.A. Effect of poultry litter biochar on the biomethanation of alkaline wet air-oxidized water hyacinth at high feed to inoculum (F/I) ratio. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 13, 5165–5174 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01724-2

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