Improving Biogas Production: Technological Challenges, Alternative Sources, Future Developments

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This book highlights the current limitations of biogas production and yield and new avenues to improving them. Biogas production and yield are among the most important renewable energy targets for our world. Pursuing an innovative and biotechnological approach, the book presents alternative sources for biogas production and explores a broad range of aspects, including: pre-treatment of substrates, accelerators (enzyme-mediated) and inhibitors involved in the process of obtaining biogas and its yield, design specifications for digesters/modified digesters, managing biogas plants, microbial risk and slurry management, energy balance and positive climatic impacts of the biogas production chain, and the impacts on Human, Animal and Environmental Health (“One Health” concept for the biogas chain). Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Waste Biomass and Blended Bioresources in Biogas Production (Luciane Maria Colla, Ana Cláudia Freitas Margarites, Andressa Decesaro, Francisco Gerhardt Magro, Naiara Kreling, Alan Rempel et al.)....Pages 1-23 Physical, Chemical, and Biological Substrate Pretreatments to Enhance Biogas Yield (Bruno Venturin, Charline Bonatto, Felippe Martins Damaceno, Jéssica Mulinari, Gislaine Fongaro, Helen Treichel)....Pages 25-44 Enzyme-Mediated Enhanced Biogas Yield (Thamarys Scapini, Aline Frumi Camargo, Fábio Spitza Stefanski, Natalia Klanovicz, Rafaela Pollon, Jessica Zanivan et al.)....Pages 45-68 Improved Methanogenic Communities for Biogas Production (Cristina Rossi Nakayama, Eduardo Dellosso Penteado, Rubens Tadeu Delgado Duarte, Admir José Giachini, Flávia Talarico Saia)....Pages 69-98 Co-digestion of Animal Manure and Carcasses to Increase Biogas Generation (Deisi Cristina Tápparo, André Cestonaro do Amaral, Ricardo Luis Radis Steinmetz, Airton Kunz)....Pages 99-116 Coupling Syntrophic Acetate Oxidation and Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation When Treating Nitrogen-Rich Organic Wastes for Energy Recovery and Nitrogen Removal: Overview and Prospects (Albert Magrí, Belén Fernández, Francesc X. Prenafeta-Boldú, Josep Ruiz-Sánchez)....Pages 117-147 Two-Stage Process to Enhance Bio-hydrogen Production (E. Judith Martínez, Daniel Blanco, Xiomar Gómez)....Pages 149-179 Impact of Antibiotics on Biogas Production (Ricardo Luís Radis Steinmetz, Vanessa Gressler)....Pages 181-198 Effect of Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production on Biogas Generation (Marina Celant De Prá, Andréia Anschau, Cleverson Busso, Naiana Gabiatti, Marcelo Bortoli)....Pages 199-216 Positive Impact of Biogas Chain on GHG Reduction (María Cruz García-González, David Hernández, Beatriz Molinuevo-Salces, Berta Riaño)....Pages 217-242 Digester Slurry Management: The “One Health” Perspective (David Rodriguez-Lazaro, Aline Frumi Camargo, Thamarys Scapini, Charline Bonatto, Fernando Rosado Spilki, Maria Célia da Silva Lanna et al.)....Pages 243-256 Closing the Loop on Biogas Plants: Recycling Digestate and Sludge on Agriculture and Microbial Risk Assessment (Maria Elisa Magri, Priscila Carlon, Luiza Jofily Miranda Cruz, Leonardo Dalri-Cecato)....Pages 257-275 Current Efforts for the Production and Use of Biogas Around the World (Aline Viancelli, William Michelon, ElMahdy Mohamed ElMahdy)....Pages 277-287 An Overview About of Limitations and Avenues to Improve Biogas Production (Helen Treichel, Sergio Luiz Alves Junior, Caroline Müller, Gislaine Fongaro)....Pages 289-304