Mesophilic and thermophilic methane fermentation ofEuphorbia tirucalli

Abstract

Methanization ofEuphorbia tirucalli was determined under mesophilic and moderate thermophilic conditions. Three different plant pre-treatments were tested: ground, coarse chopped and dried and ground material. The batch digesters were fed at 5% dilution of dried matter. During a 35 days test, the best daily yield (0.78 l/l/d) was obtained with the chopped raw material under moderate thermophilic conditions.