Enhancement of biogas production from rice straw by co digestion and pretreatment techniques

Abstract

Due to rapid economic development over the past few decades global energy consumption has intensified continuously causing not only greenhouse gas emissions but also energy shortage and in some areas even energy crises This imminent energy consumption and demand have been the motivation for world scientists to explore alternative energy sources that could replace fossil fuels Agricultural residues i e wheat straw rice straw corn straw etc are the most abundant resource of lignocell newline newline