Characteristics and potential to strengthen anaerobic digestion of hydrochar

GENG Tao; ZHAO Li-xin; YAO Zong-lu; SHEN Rui-xia; YU Jia-dong; LUO Juan

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China Environmental Science ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (10) : 5170-5180.

Water Pollution Control

Characteristics and potential to strengthen anaerobic digestion of hydrochar

GENG Tao, ZHAO Li-xin, YAO Zong-lu, SHEN Rui-xia, YU Jia-dong, LUO Juan

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Anaerobic digestion (AD) offers an attractive method to reduce the negative impact of organic waste existing in the environment such as stalk, animal manure and municipal sludge. The biogas, digestate and slurry generated have great application value in energy, agriculture, environmental protection and other fields. However, AD has some problems such as the lag phase, the inhibition effect caused by ammonia nitrogen, VFA and so on, and low methane content in biogas. Hydrochar is the solid product of hydrothermal carbonization of biomass which is converted to porous multi-functional carbon-based material with the presence of subcritical water in the sealed equipment under the effect of heat and pressure. The potential benefits and applications of hydrochar have received significant attention with complex pore structures and high density of oxygen-containing functional groups. There is a comprehensive strengthening effect on AD including shortening the lag phase, alleviating the inhibition, favoring electron transfer between microbes, and enhancing the CH₄ production with the addition of hydrochar. Specifically, it was brought together recent advances made in the area through a systematic and critical review of the characteristics, modification, and strengthening effect on AD of hydrochar. The potential and limitations involved in the hydrochar application on AD were pointed out with suggestions for further research to exploit the great potential of AD on treating agricultural wastes.

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agricultural wastes / anaerobic digestion / biomass / hydrochar / methanogenesis

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GENG Tao, ZHAO Li-xin, YAO Zong-lu, SHEN Rui-xia, YU Jia-dong, LUO Juan. Characteristics and potential to strengthen anaerobic digestion of hydrochar[J]. China Environmental Science. 2023, 43(10): 5170-5180

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