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Increased loading rates and specific methane yields facilitated by digesting grass silage at thermophilic rather than mesophilic temperatures

Overview of attention for article published in Bioresource Technology, September 2016
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Title
Increased loading rates and specific methane yields facilitated by digesting grass silage at thermophilic rather than mesophilic temperatures
Published in
Bioresource Technology, September 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.05.109
Pubmed ID
27268433
Authors

M.A. Voelklein, D. Rusmanis, J.D. Murphy

Abstract

This study was conducted to advance the understanding of thermophilic grass digestion. Late harvested grass silage was fermented at thermophilic conditions at increasing organic loading rates (OLR). Stable digestion took place at an OLR between 3 and 4gVSL(-1)d(-1). This enabled specific methane yields (SMY) as high as 405LCH4kgVS(-1). An accumulation of volatile fatty acids (VFA), accompanied by a gradual deterioration of pH, FOS/TAC (ratio of VFA to alkalinity) arose at an OLR between 5 and 7gVSL(-1)d(-1), yet inhibition did not occur. SMY decreased with reduced retention time ranging between 336 and 358LCH4kgVS(-1) at OLR 7 and 5gVSL(-1)d(-1) respectively. The biomethane efficiencies remained high (92-103%) at corresponding retention times. Comparative results indicated a superior performance with respect to higher loading and SMY as compared with mesophilic conditions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 54 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 20%
Student > Bachelor 9 17%
Student > Master 8 15%
Researcher 5 9%
Unspecified 2 4%
Other 11 20%
Unknown 8 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 12 22%
Environmental Science 9 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 7%
Energy 4 7%
Other 5 9%
Unknown 11 20%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 June 2016.
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#8,359,706
of 13,336,109 outputs
Outputs from Bioresource Technology
#2,833
of 4,644 outputs
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#144,090
of 265,721 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Bioresource Technology
#33
of 110 outputs
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