[Digestion] Giant reed (arundo donax) digestion

[Les Gornall]

Good question!  The reed is unique in it's ability to lock silicon into its stem tissues.  That's why it is used for making oboe reeds.  When digested the silicone would most likely be expresses as siloxanes in the Biogas.  But I have not seen any data.  Good research project for someone.  I would think phragmites Australis would be a better bet.  You can grow the latter in a reed bed on the final effluent. The resulting effluent would be crystal clear and the productivity of the reed bed very high.  Hmmmmm :-).


Les. Gornall


On 23 Sep 2011, at 18:51, "jrdt at interfree.it<mailto:jrdt at interfree.it>" <jrdt at interfree.it<mailto:jrdt at interfree.it>> wrote:

Good evening everybody,
I would like to know if you know about any biogas plant running on codigestion of arundo donax (giant reed). If yes, in what percentage? What are the other substrates? What kind of pretreatment is required?
Thank you very much in advance,
best regards.

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