Abstract
This study explores the hydroxycinnamic acid extraction from prairie biomass as a potential value-added pretreatment for enhancing the performance of anaerobic digestion. Pretreatment increased the biomethane potential of prairie biomass by 33 %; when the extraction residue was left on the biomass, the biomethane potential increased by 100 %. When the treated biomass was co-digested with manure, a 134 % and 25 % increase in methane productivity and methane content was obtained, respectively, relative to raw biomass co-digested with manure. Hydroxycinnamic acid extraction also improved anaerobic digestion performance under biochar supplementation and liquid digestate recirculation conditions. Lastly, the extraction process was optimized for hydroxycinnamic acid yield. It was found that increases in treatment temperature and time could further increase yield by 5 %. Collectively, the results show hydroxycinnamic acid extraction can be used as a highly effective pretreatment for improving the anaerobic digestion of prairie biomass.
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