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Development of an integrated process for biogas production from sugarcane trash
Napong Ketsub
Abstract
This project is the systematic study on how to utilise sugarcane trash for biogas production using an integrated process. A suitable pretreatment for sugarcane trash preparation was successfully developed and a key microbial response was identified during anaerobic digestion of the pretreated sugarcane trash. Moreover, the pretreatment and anaerobic digestion process was designed to integrate with hydrothermal carbonisation to utilise anaerobic digestion residue for further improvement of process performance. Biogas production was improved via the proposed integrated process, which has the ability to be developed further as a commercial fuel source.