Experiment Study on the Biogas Fermentation of the Hylocereus undatus Stem

Abstract:

In order to get the biogas fermentation potential of the Hylocereus undatus stem, this experiment was conducted the CSRT anaerobic batch fermentation with the fresh hylocereus undatus stem as the raw material and blue green algae slurry as inoculum, on the condition of feed concentration of 6.25%, temperature of 30°C and pH of 8.0. The fermentation period lasted 70 days. The results showed it produced total 4800mL biogas while went over the 90% of the biogas production in the former 48 days. The TS biogas production rate was 695mL/g, the VS biogas production rate was 80mL/g, and the raw material biogas production rate was 70mL/g. It implicated that Hylocereus undatus stem is a kind of good biogas fermentation raw material.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 848)
• Pages: 83-87
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.848.83
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Ying Juan Li, Jing Liu, Hong Yang, Fang Yin, Wu Di Zhang
• Keywords: Biogas Fermentation, Biogas Production Potential, Hylocereus undatus Stem

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