The future agricultural biogas plant in Germany: A vision

S Theuerl, C Herrmann, M Heiermann, P Grundmann… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
After nearly two decades of subsidized and energy crop-oriented development, agricultural
biogas production in Germany is standing at a crossroads. Fundamental challenges need to …

Material utilization of green waste: a review on potential valorization methods

A Langsdorf, M Volkmar, D Holtmann… - Bioresources and …, 2021 - Springer
Considering global developments like climate change and the depletion of fossil resources,
the use of new and sustainable feedstocks such as lignocellulosic biomass becomes …

Future European biogas: Animal manure, straw and grass potentials for a sustainable European biogas production

AKP Meyer, EA Ehimen, JB Holm-Nielsen - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2018 - Elsevier
Biogas is expected to play an important role in reaching the future energy policy targets of
the European Union (EU). The sustainability of biogas substrates has however been …

[HTML][HTML] Biogas crops grown in energy crop rotations: Linking chemical composition and methane production characteristics

C Herrmann, C Idler, M Heiermann - Bioresource Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Methane production characteristics and chemical composition of 405 silages from 43
different crop species were examined using uniform laboratory methods, with the aim to …

Ensiling process for efficient biogas production from lignocellulosic substrates: Methods, mechanisms, and measures

H Sun, X Cui, R Li, J Guo, R Dong - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Ensiling has been developed as mainstream technologies to preserve lignocellulose
biomass for biogas production. However, the lack of general evaluation methods and …

Ensiling for biogas production: Critical parameters. A review

RT Franco, P Buffière, R Bayard - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to meet the legislative demands of new energy policy, investment in anaerobic
digestion and biogas production has increased in recent years, making it a versatile and …

[HTML][HTML] Improving aerobic stability and biogas production of maize silage using silage additives

C Herrmann, C Idler, M Heiermann - Bioresource Technology, 2015 - Elsevier
The effects of air stress during storage, exposure to air at feed-out, and treatment with silage
additives to enhance aerobic stability on methane production from maize silage were …

Specific methane yield of wetland biomass in dry and wet fermentation technologies

R Czubaszek, A Wysocka-Czubaszek, W Wichtmann… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Our study evaluated the specific methane yield (SMY) of selected wetland species subjected
to wet and dry anaerobic digestion: Carex elata All.(CE), a mixture (~ 50/50) of Carex elata …

Anaerobic digestion of wetland biomass from conservation management for biogas production

S Roj-Rojewski, A Wysocka-Czubaszek… - Biomass and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we examined the biogas and methane production of wetland plants species
harvested in the Narew River Valley protected as national park, NE Poland. In the …

Ensiling of tall fescue for biogas production: Effect of storage time, additives and mechanical pretreatment

L Feng, EF Kristensen, V Moset, AJ Ward… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, ensiling of Festuca arundinacea (Tall Fescue, TF) prior to biogas production
was studied and the effect of storage time, additives (pilot-scale trial) and mechanical …