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Changes in composition, cellulose degradability and biochemical methane potential of Miscanthus species during the growing season.
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Bioresource Technology . Jul2017, Vol. 235, p389-395. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The composition, cellulose degradability and biochemical methane potential (BMP) of M. sinensis , M. floridulus , Miscanthus × giganteus and M. lutarioriparius were investigated concomitantly at different growth/harvest times during their growing season. For all the four species, there was only a slight change in the compositional content. Meanwhile there was a huge change in the BMP values. At the growth time of 60 days the BMPs ranged from 247.1 to 266.5 ml g −1 VS. As growth time was prolonged, the BMPs decreased by 11–35%. For each species, the BMP was positively correlated to the cellulose degradability with the correlation coefficients (R 2 ) ranging from 0.8055 to 0.9925. This suggests that besides the biomass yield, it is justifiable to consider cellulose degradability when selecting the suitable harvest time for biofuels production from Miscanthus , especially in tropical and subtropical regions where Miscanthus can be harvested twice or more within a year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MISCANTHUS
*CELLULOSE
*BIOMASS energy
*METHANE
*PLANT growth
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09608524
- Volume :
- 235
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Bioresource Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122579394
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.128