EUBCE 2024 - Alessandra PICCITTO - Biomethane Production from Wheat Straw of Sicilian Landraces

Biomethane Production from Wheat Straw of Sicilian Landraces

Short Introductive summary

The Sicilian agriculture sector is of fundamental importance for the economic development of rural communities and wheat cultivation represents one of the most important crops in terms of cultivated area and the number of farms involved. Wheat cultivation determines a high quantity of residual biomass and its valorization to produce bioenergy represents a sustainable and eco-friendly strategy. This work aimed to determine the biomethane production by anaerobic digestion from wheat straw of Sicilian landraces cultivation. The straw was obtained from a field experiment conducted over the period 2022-2023 at the Experimental farm of the University of Catania, Italy (10 m a.s.l., 37°25’ N lat., 15° 03’ E long.) in a typical xerofluvent soil. The qualitative analysis of residual biomass was determined by a Near InfraRed (NIR)spectroscopy (SpectraStar 2500XL-R, Unity Scientific). The experimental methanogenic potential was defined trough the BMP test (Biochemical Methane Potential) using an automatic methanogenic potential detection system (AMPTS II, Automatic Methane Potential Test System, Bioprocess Control AB, Lund, Sweden).

A. Piccitto, University of Catania, ITALY
A. Scandurra, University of Catania, ITALY
P. Caruso, University of Catania, ITALY
V.N. Panebianco, University of Catania, ITALY
C. Patanè, University of Catania, ITALY
S.L. Cosentino, University of Catania, ITALY
G. Testa, University of Catania, ITALY