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Kinetics of Methane Production from Swine Manure and Buffalo Manure

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The degradation kinetics of swine and buffalo manure for methane production was investigated. Six kinetic models were employed to describe the corresponding experimental data. These models were evaluated by two statistical measurements, which were root mean square prediction error (RMSPE) and Akaike’s information criterion (AIC). The results showed that the logistic and Fitzhugh models could predict the experimental data very well for the digestion of swine and buffalo manure, respectively. The predicted methane yield potential for swine and buffalo manure was 487.9 and 340.4 mL CH4/g volatile solid (VS), respectively, which was close to experimental values, when the digestion temperature was 36 ± 1 °C in the biochemical methane potential assays. Besides, the rate constant revealed that swine manure had a much faster methane production rate than buffalo manure.

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Financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China through contract (Grant No. 51376121) is greatly acknowledged. Besides, associate Professor Junmeng Cai from the School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University of China is greatly acknowledged for his valuable comments and suggestions to this paper. We also thank Bailonggang Sewage Treatment Plant (mesophilic) in Shanghai for providing inoculum and Instrumental Analysis Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University for analysis of raw materials.

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Sun, C., Cao, W. & Liu, R. Kinetics of Methane Production from Swine Manure and Buffalo Manure. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 177, 985–995 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-015-1792-y

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