Abstract
Constant climate change and political changes are leading to the search for better solutions in the field of energy materials. An important milestone in the near future will also be the introduction of carbon footprint measurements by the EU. Many companies will have to think about reducing the carbon footprint of their products in order to still be able to compete with western companies. In order to do so, they may need to invest in biogas installations. These installations neutralize biodegradable waste and at the same time provide the possibility to produce electricity and heat. It should be emphasized that methane fermentation is a complicated process of biological decomposition of organic matter carried out under anaerobic conditions. Chemical properties of corn cob cores were determined by elemental analysis, and energy properties were evaluated by heat of combustion and heating value. The ash and volatile content of corn cobs. This is important because carbon (C) supporting various microbial groups affects anaerobic fermentation. Nitrogen (N) is the building material for the amino acids that are involved in protein synthesis and is an important element for microbial growth. The relation of the two elements has a very important effect on methane fermentation. In this paper, the biogas potential is presented based on crop residues of Ambrosini variety (FAO 220). It is one of the most popular early varieties grown in Poland on weaker and mosaic soils both for grain and for high energy silage.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Lalak J, Kasprzycka A, Murat A, Paprota EM, Tys J (2014) Pretreatment methods of lignocelulosic biomass to improve methane fermentation process (Obróbka wstępna biomasy bogatej w lignocelulozę w celu zwiększenia wydajności fermentacji metanowej). Agrophysics (Agrofizyka) 21(1):52–56
Greenhalf MKC, Ouadi M, Jahangiri H, Hornung A, Briens C, Berruti F (2020) Effect of torrefaction pretreatment on pyrolysis of corn cobs (Wpływ obróbki wstępnej toryfikacji na pirolizę kolb kukurydzy). Engineering (Inżynieria), tom 7
Grzybek A, Gradziuk P, Kowalczyk K (2001) Straw as an Energy Fuel (Słoma energetyczne paliwo), The Village of Tomorrow (Wieś Jutra), p 15
Wojcieszak D, Przybył J, Mioduszewska N, Zaborowicz M, Dach J, Kowalik I (2015) Energy use of maize straw (Energetyczne zagospodarowanie słomy kukurydzianej). W: Current Issues in Bioengineering systems (Aktualne Problemy Inżynierii Biosystemów). W: Red. M. Lipiński, J. Przybył. Wyd. Poznań University of Life Sciences (Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego w Poznaniu), pp 293–301
Woźniak M et al (2021) Chemical and structural characterization of maize stover fractions in aspect of its possible applications. Materiały 14:1527. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14061527
Kozłowski K et al (2018) Laboratory simulation of an agricultural biogas plant start-up. Chem Eng Technol 41(4):711–712. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201700390
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Pawłowski, A., Wojcieszak, D., Przybył, J. (2023). The Methane Potential of Corn Cob Cores. In: Pascuzzi, S., Santoro, F. (eds) Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture. FMPMSA 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 289. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13090-8_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13090-8_8
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-13089-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-031-13090-8
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)