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Enhancing Anaerobic Degradation of Lignocellulose-Rich Reed Straw by Adopting Grinding Pretreatment and High Temperature

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Reed straw is a widely existing lignocellulosic material in non-cultivated lands with a high potential for methane production, however, its complex structure limits the efficient biodegradability. This study investigated the effect of grinding pre-treatment on anaerobic biodegradation (AD) of reed straw under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions. The obtained results found both daily and accumulate methane yield were higher in thermophilic compared to mesophilic AD. Lignin was reduced by 31% in fine particle size (≤ 0.13 mm) when comparing with largest size (0.6–0.9 mm). Different particle sizes did not significantly change the methane yields (p > 0.05) under the two AD conditions, however, particle size of ≤ 0.13 mm was positively correlated with fast degradation rates. The highest methane yield (333 ± 0.8 mL-gVSadded−1) and rate (15.4 ± 1.1 mL-gVSadded d−1) was achieved with this size under thermophilic condition. The low acidogenesis/methanogenesis efficiencies (< 50%) were observed regardless particle sizes, however, their values were slightly higher when decreasing the size of particle. The results obtained in this study prove the possibility of efficient use of natural lignocellulose resources to produce biogas and methane for energy, achieve sustainable management.

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This work was partially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality (6182017) and State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs P.R.China. (Project No. WQ20180011 & P18U11008). The first author (Mahmoud Abdalla) and the second author (Run Fan) equally contributed to the paper.

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  1. College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China

    M. A. Mahmoud, Run Fan, Yunlong Song, Ahmed Mahdy, Renjie Dong & Wei Qiao

  2. Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, 12112, Egypt

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  3. Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt

    Ahmed Mahdy

  4. State R&D Center for Efficient Production and Comprehensive Utilization of Biobased Gaseous Fuels, Energy Authority, National Development, and Reform Committee, Beijing, 100083, China

    Renjie Dong & Wei Qiao

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Mahmoud, M.A., Fan, R., Song, Y. et al. Enhancing Anaerobic Degradation of Lignocellulose-Rich Reed Straw by Adopting Grinding Pretreatment and High Temperature. Waste Biomass Valor 12, 6067–6079 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-021-01450-w

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