Biogas in Sugarcane industry Process & Technology

The development of renewable sources of energy has recently generated considerable interest due to the energy crisis and global warming that it does not create competition for land used for food production. Sugarcane biomass is one of the worldwide food industry by-products which needs to be pretreated to explore energy recovery (biogas, biomethane, biohydrogen) in terms of biorefinery processing. Hydrothermolysis has proved to be one of the best thermal pretreatment which can be intensified a lot in terms of process regulation in the reactor before biogas technology. However, optimization of the pretreatment is necessary to monitor and regulate biodegradation of sugarcane bagasse during hydrothermolysis to reduce inhibition in anaerobic digestion.

William Salomon FOTSO SIMO earned his B.Sc in Biochemistry from the University of Douala and M.Sc in Process Engineering from the National School of Agro-Industrial Sciences (ENSAI) of the University of Ngaoundere in Cameroon. His PhD research carries on : Sugarcane by-product and Biogas technology.