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Recycling the nutrients in residues from methane digesters of aquatic macrophytes for new biomass production
| Title: | Recycling the nutrients in residues from methane digesters of aquatic macrophytes for new biomass production. |
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| Name(s): |
Hanisak, M. Dennis, creator Williams, Lavergne D., creator Rhyther, J. H., creator |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1980 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 12 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3331811 (digitool), FADT3331811 (IID), fau:6104 (fedora), 10.1016/0304-3967(80)90037-2 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
The floating freshwater macrophyte Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) was fermented anaerobically to produce 0.4 I of biogas/g volatile solids at 60% methane with a bioconversion efficiency of 47%. Both the liquid and solid digester residues were a rich source of nutrients that were recycled to produce additional biomass. An approximate balance of the nitrogen recycled through the culture-digester-culture system indicated that nitrogen was conserved within the digester. All of the nitrogen originally added to the digester in the form of shredded water hyacinths could be found in the liquid (48%) and solid (52%) residues; 64.5% of the nitrogen in these residues could be reassimilated by cultures of water hyacinths. This study indicated the potential of bioconversion of aquatic macrophytes to methane as a possible means of both producing and conserving energy. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03043967 and may be cited as: Hanisak, M. D., Williams, L. D., & Rhyther, J. H. (1980). Recycling the nutrients in residues from methane digesters of aquatic macrophytes for new biomass production. Resource Recovery and Conservation, 4(4), 313-323. doi:10.1016/0304-3967(80)90037-2 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #147. |
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| Subject(s): |
Eichhornia crassipes Water hyacinth Biomass Methane Biogas |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3331811 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3967(80)90037-2 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1980 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
