Hydrolytic effects of acid and enzymatic pre-treatment on the anaerobic biodegradability of Ascophyllum nodosum and Laminaria digitata species of brown seaweed
- Submitting institution
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Abertay University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 17662263
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.05.001
- Title of journal
- Biomass and Bioenergy
- Article number
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- First page
- 140
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 1873-2909
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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A - Engineering
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This study explores seaweeds’ as a viable and sustainable resource for bioenergy production, by identifying cost-effective ways to enhance their rate of anaerobic biodegradability. Commonly available and prolific seaweed species were used for the study. Prior to the study, the authors were not aware of the existence of any successful industrial scale seaweed biogas plant anywhere in the world. The findings could encourage and facilitate the utilisation of seaweeds, which are abundant in many coastal communities around the world and which require relatively little amounts of resources for their cultivation, as sole or co-substrate, in biogas production.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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