Potential biodiesel and biogas production from corncob by anaerobic fermentation and black soldier fly

Abstract

Bioenergy has become attractive as alternatives of gradually exhausted fossil fuel. Obtaining high grade bioenergy from lignocellulose is attractive that can gradually meet the demand. This study reported biogas and biodiesel were produced from corncob by a two-step bioprocess, biogas was produced from corncob by anaerobic fermentation, then biogas residue was converted by black soldier fly larvae, and then biodiesel was produced from larvae grease. 86.70L biogas was obtained from 400g corncob with the accumulation of biogas yield of 220.71mL/gVSadded by anaerobic digestion. Besides, 3.17g of biodiesel was produced from grease after inoculating black soldier fly larvae into 400g biogas residue. Meanwhile, the results showed that the addition of black soldier fly larvae could be effective for the degradation of lignocellulose and the accumulation of grease.