StudyonBiogasProductionUsingAnaerobicFermentationofRiceStrawLIUXiu-juan1LIHui1*XUEJin-hong2NIUXiao1WEIPing11.CollegeofBiotechnologyandPharmaceuticalEngineeringNanjingUniversityofTechnologyNanjing2118162.CollegeofPharmaceuti-calSciencesNanjingUniversityofTechnologyNanjing211816AbstractObjectiveTheaimwastoimprovethebiogasproductionrateandimprovetheuseratioofricestrawstothefurthest.MethodSingle-factormethodwasadoptedtoanalyzetheinfluenceofinoculatedamounttotalsolidcontentandcarbon-nitrogenratioonbiogasproduc-tioninbiogasstationofNanjingUniversityofTechnology.ResultItwasfoundthatthemostoptimumconditionwasinoculatedamountof34%totalsolidcontentof6%andcarbon-nitrogenratioof25∶1.Accordingtotheexperimentalverificationthetotalbiogasyieldinexperimen-talgroupincreasedby27.6%overthecontrolgroup.ConclusionTheresearchprovidedthereferenceofthefurtherindustrializationproductionofbiogasusingstraw.KeywordsRicestrawBiogasConditionoptimizationBiogasyieldReceivedSeptember92011AcceptedOctober232011SuppotedbytheNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina21046004theNationalKeyTechnologyR&DProgram2011BAD15B02theNationalProgramofKeyBasicResearchProject2009CB724700theProvincialKeyTechnologyR&DProgramBE20.*Correspondingauthor.E-mailleehvi@163.comInChinatheenergyshortagetogetherwithagriculturalwastespollutionbecomemoreandmoreseriousthereforeproductionofbiogasbyanaerobicfermentationusingcropstrawandlivestockmanurehavebecomeafocus1.Andbyusingricestrawasrawmaterialtoconductbiogasproductionisoneoftheeffectivewaystosolvetheincreasinglyseriousenergyandenvironmentproblems2.Inactualproductioninordertohavehighbiogasproductionrateandrawmaterialusingratiothekeyfactorsinfluencingtheproductionofgasneedtobeexploredandanalyzed3.Atpresenttherearemanywaystoimprovethebiogasproductionsuchaschangingthematerialratio4addingex-ogenousaddictivesbrewer'sgrainspeptoneaminoacidmicroelement5etc.Thecropstrawswereselectedastheexperimentalmaterialofthisstudy.BasedontheproductionstatusinbiogasstationofNanjingUniversityofTechnologycombinedwiththeresearchesontheotherstrawsfermenta-tionproductionofbiogastechnology6-9thisstudyoptimizedthefollowingfactorsinoculatedamounttotalsolidcontentandcarbon-nitrogenratiowhichinfluencedtheproductionofbiogas.MaterialsandMethodsFeedstockandinoculumsThericestrawsweretakenfromLujiofSiyangCountyJiangsuProvinceair-driedandthensmashedinto3-5cmbygrindercompostedaftersoakedbyhumanexcrements.The7-dcompostedstrawswithappropriatefermentationinthemiddleweretakentostoreat4℃.TheinoculumsweretakenfromthebiogasfermenterofInnovationCenterMethaneGasStationofNanjingUniversityofTechnology.ThephysicalandchemicalcharacteristicsoffeedstockandinoculumswereshowninTable1.Table1Physicalandchemicalcharacteristicsoffeedstockandinoc-ulumsItemTotalsolid%C/NLignin%Cellulose%Hemice-llulose∥%Strawstalk29.530∶1112.6238.7519.99Inoculums418∶1----meansnotdetected.ExperimentalapparatusesTheexperimentalapparatuseswereself-madeusingthe1000mlbottleasfermentationbottlefermentedinthe37℃waterbaththe5000mlwaterbottlewasservedasgascol-lectingbottleandthegasoutputwasmeasuredbydrainingwatergatheringofgaslaw.Single-factorexperimentMono-factormethodwasadoptedtoanalyzetheinocula-tedamountthepercentageoftheselectedfermentationbio-gasliquidinthetotalvolumeofthefermentationrawmateri-alstotalsolidcontentandcarbon-nitrogenratiowhichhaveimportantinfluenceonthebiogasfermentation.Theeffectofinoculatedamountonthebiogasproductionwasfirststudiedbyrespectivelyinoculating18%26%34%42%50%amountandaddingthecompostedstrawsintoeachfermenta-tionbottletomakethetotalsolidcontentto6%addinginocu-lumsaccordingtothedesignfullymixingaddingdistilledwa-tertomakethevolumeofthefermentationliquidto600ml.TheinitialpHofthefermentationliquidwasadjustedtomain-tainataround7byHClandNaOH.Afterfermentedfor15continuousdaysthedailybiogasyieldandtotalyieldwerecountedandanalyzed.Thenundertheconditionof34%in-oculatedamount25∶1nitrogen-carbonrationandpH7theeffectofdifferenttotalsolidcontent3%4%5%6%7%onbiogasproductionwasinspected.Finallytheopti-mizedproportionwastestedinthe25Lfermenterandchan-gesofthetotalsolidcontentcellulosecontentandtotalbio-gasyieldbeforeandafterbiogasfermentationweremeasuredatthesametime.MeasurementitemsandmethodsThetotalsolidcontentwasmeasuredbythemethodusinginroutineanalysisofbiogasfermentation10thetotalcarbonamountwasmeasuredbypotassiumdichromateoxi-AgriculturalScience&Technology201112121761-1764Copyright2011InformationInstituteofHAAS.Allrightsreserved.AgriculturalBasicScienceandTechnologydation-outsideheatingmethodthetotalnitrogenwasmeas-uredbyKjeldahiazotometer11thecontentsoflignincellu-losehemicelluloseweremeasuredbytherawmaterialcom-ponentanalysismethodusedbyAmericarenewableenergysourceslaboratoryNREL12.ResultsandAnalysisEffectofinoculatedamountonbiogasproductionTheamountoftheinoculumsaffectedtheoperationeffectandstabilityofthebiogasfermentation.Iftheinoculatedamountwastoosmallthenumberofmethanogenwouldbenotenoughandresultedintheslowstartingoffermentationandreductionofmethane-generatedspeediftheinoculated