Abstract
Biogas is a gaseous fuel comprising methane and carbon dioxide as major constituents. It is produced by microbial consortium of acidogenic, acetogenic and methanogenic bacteria in the absence of oxygen from the organic substrates through anaerobic digestion. Main advantage of the process is a variety of organic wastes like wastewater, municipal solid waste and agrowaste can be used as the feed. Anaerobic digestion can be integrated with other processes like fermentation or microalgae cultivation for liquid fuel production. Disposal of produced carbon dioxide and ammonia is the main challenge. Conversion of CO2 to valuable product like methane and post-treatment of digestate from anaerobic digestion can make waste disposal safer for environment leading to a better circular economy. This chapter gives an overview of biogas production, integration of anaerobic digestion process with other processes to produce biofuels and chemicals. It also briefs the significance of post-treatment of digestate after anaerobic digestion for an improved biorefinery.
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Abbreviations
- AD:
-
Anaerobic digestion
- CSTR:
-
Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor
- MSW:
-
Municipal Solid Waste
- VFA:
-
Volatile Fatty Acids
- ANR:
-
Advanced/Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal
- PN:
-
Partial Nitritation
- Anammox:
-
Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation
- HRAP:
-
High Rate Algal Ponds
- TDS:
-
Total Dissolved Solids
- MEM:
-
Mountain Effective Micro-organisms
- PS:
-
Polysulphone
- PES:
-
Polyether Sulphone
- PVDF:
-
Polyvinylidene Fluoride
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Jamaldheen, S.B., Goyal, A. (2020). Biogas Biorefinery. In: Verma, P. (eds) Biorefineries: A Step Towards Renewable and Clean Energy. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9593-6_19
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