The Possibility of Maize Straw Application as a Substrate for Biogas Plants
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2017-11
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Department of Machinery Exploitation and Management of Production Processes, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
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The maize straw has a huge energetic potential. In Poland, the maize straw harvest can reach almost 5 million ha per year. With the good perspective for biogas market development in Poland, maize straw can become a good, reasonable substrate for biogas plant and avoid the conflict between food and biofuels production. This paper presents the potential for maize straw used as substrate for biogas plants. The results show that maize straw can be more effective for biogas productivity than maize silage. For 3 kinds of maize straw silage (from 4 analysed in total) the results of methane production were significantly higher (120.14 – 141.73 m3/Mg FM) than in case of typical maize silage biomethane efficiency.
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Przybył J., Dach J., Wojcieszak D., Mazurkiewicz J., Zaborowicz M. 2017. The Possibility of Maize Straw Application as a Substrate for Biogas Plants. [in:] Lorencowicz E. (ed.), Uziak J. (ed.), Huyghebaert B. (ed.). Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture, 9th International Scientific Symposium. ULS Lublin, p.318-323