Anaerobic co-digestion of coffee husks and microalgal biomass after thermal hydrolysis.

Bioresour Technol

Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, C/ Dr. Mergelina s/n, Valladolid, Spain.

Published: April 2018

Residual coffee husks after seed processing may be better profited if bioconverted into energy through anaerobic digestion. This process may be improved by implementing a pretreatment step and by co-digesting the coffee husks with a more liquid biomass. In this context, this study aimed at evaluating the anaerobic co-digestion of coffee husks with microalgal biomass. For this, both substrates were pretreated separately and in a mixture for attaining 15% of total solids (TS), which was demonstrated to be the minimum solid content for pretreatment of coffee husks. The results showed that the anaerobic co-digestion presented a synergistic effect, leading to 17% higher methane yield compared to the theoretical value of both substrates biodegraded separately. Furthermore, thermal hydrolysis pretreatment increased coffee husks anaerobic biodegradability. For co-digestion trials, the highest values were reached for pretreatment at 120 °C for 60 min, which led to 196 mLCH/gVS and maximum methane production rate of 0.38 d.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.12.071DOI Listing

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