Title:
Biomethane Production from Wheat Straw of Sicilian Landraces
Author(s):
Piccitto, A., Scandurra, A., Caruso, P., Panebianco, V.N., Patanè, C., Cosentino, S.L., Testa, G.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
Wheat Sicilian landraces are historic varieties that have evolved over generations in response to local conditions and farming practices. Although landraces varieties may have lower yields, their genetic heterogeneity has demonstrated exceptional resilience and yield stability to adverse climatic conditions and low-input farming systems. Wheat straw is one of the most abundantly available agricultural by-products and is one of the agro-residues with the highest cellulose content of all agricultural fibers, therefore could be a suitable substrate for bioenergy conversion processes. The present study evaluated the biomethane production after anaerobic digestion of wheat straws of five durum wheat Sicilian landraces (“Margherito”, “Perciasacchi”, “Russello Priziusa”, “Russello Ibleo” and “Timilia”) and one commercial variety of durum wheat (“Core”). The highest biomethane volume, up to 137 Nml g-1 VS was obtained from the straw of the ancient variety Timilia. In contrast, the biomass of the modern variety Core resulted in the lowest biomethane production.
Keywords:
anaerobic digestion, biomethane, wheat straw, sicilian wheat landraces
Topic:
Biomass Conversion for Bioenergy
Subtopic:
Anaerobic digestion for biogas and biomethane production
Event:
32nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4CV.5.11
Pages:
597 - 600
ISBN:
978-88-89407-24-0
Paper DOI:
10.5071/32ndEUBCE2024-4CV.5.11
Price:
FREE
