Switchgrass earned its place globally as a significant energy crop by possessing essential properties such as being able to control erosion, low cost of production, biomass richness, and appeal for biofuel production. In this study, the impact of a Ca(OH)-assisted thermal pretreatment process on the switchgrass variety Shawnee for methane fuel production was investigated. The Ca(OH)-assisted thermal pretreatment process was optimized to enhance the methane production potential of switchgrass. Solid loading (3-7%), Ca(OH) concentration (0-2%), reaction temperature (50-100 °C), and reaction time (6-16 h) were selected as independent variables for the optimization. Methane production was obtained as 248.7 mL CH gVS under the optimized pretreatment conditions. Specifically, a reaction temperature of 100 °C, a reaction time of 6 h, 0% Ca(OH), and 3% solid loading. Compared to raw switchgrass, methane production was enhanced by 14.5%. Additionally, the changes in surface properties and bond structure, along with the kinetic parameters from first order, cone, reaction curve, and modified Gompertz modeling revealed the importance of optimization.
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