Methane production through anaerobic digestion of various energy crops grown in sustainable crop rotations

• Published in: Bioresource technology Vol. 98; no. 17; pp. 3204 - 3212
• Main Authors: Amon, Thomas, Amon, Barbara, Kryvoruchko, Vitaliy, Machmüller, Andrea, Hopfner-Sixt, Katharina, Bodiroza, Vitomir, Hrbek, Regina, Friedel, Jürgen, Pötsch, Erich, Wagentristl, Helmut, Schreiner, Matthias, Zollitsch, Werner
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2007
• Subjects: Agriculture; Agriculture - methods; Anaerobic digestion; Anaerobiosis; Austria; Biogas; Biomass; Biotransformation; Conservation of Energy Resources; corn; crop rotation; Crops, Agricultural; Crops, Agricultural - metabolism; Energy crops; grasslands; Helianthus; Helianthus annuus; metabolism; Methane; Methane - metabolism; methods; Models, Biological; Poaceae; renewable energy sources; rye; Secale cereale; Sustainable production of biomass; Triticum aestivum; winter wheat; Zea mays; Austria; European Union; FAO; Methane; Biogas; Energy crops; Sustainable production of biomass; Anaerobic digestion

Biogas production is of major importance for the sustainable use of agrarian biomass as renewable energy source. Economic biogas production depends on high biogas yields. The project aimed at optimising anaerobic digestion of energy crops. The following aspects were investigated: suitability of diff...