Waste reuse energy generation is
encouraged in many countries. A low H/C ratio in coal is a limiting
factor that affects biomethanation. However, corn straw has a better
H/C ratio, which is beneficial to methane production. A series of
biological gas production experiments was carried out using lignite
B, bituminous coal D, bituminous coal C, and corn straw to study the
effect of synergistic biodegradation of coal combined with corn straw
into biomethane. Methane production was used as an index to analyze
the gas production characteristics of single coal, single corn straw,
and coal and corn straw. The results show that the optimum proportion
of the conversion of lignite B and corn straw to biomethane is 2:1,
and the optimum proportion of the conversion of bituminous coal D,
bituminous coal C, and corn straw into biomethane is 3:1, and corn
straw has a significant enhancement effect on the biological gas production
in this experiment. When lignite B, bituminous coal D, and bituminous
coal C are, respectively, mixed with corn straw, the highest methane
production is 2.05, 2.69, and 1.35 mmol/g, indicating that corn straw
has different promotion effects on gas production for coals of different
rank: bituminous coal D + corn straw > bituminous coal C + corn
straw > lignite B + corn straw. The stage change of COD and pH
was consistent with that of the total gas production under optimal
proportion, and the complementary advantages or mutual inhibition
of methanogens was one reason for the differences in gas production
between coal combined with corn straw and single coal.
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