TY - JOUR T1 - Additive Effect of Soybean Curd Residue, Okara, for Enhancement of Methane Production from Pretreated Woody Waste AU - , Harumi Take AU - , Godliving Mtui AU - , Fumihisa Kobayashi AU - , Yoshitoshi Nakamura JO - Journal of Food Technology VL - 3 IS - 4 SP - 535 EP - 537 PY - 2005 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1684-8462 DO - jftech.2005.535.537 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jftech.2005.535.537 KW - AB - In order to convert woody waste into methane gas efficiently, the pretreatment effect of steam explosion and the additive effect of soybean curd residue, okara, were clarified. 180 mL of methane gas was obtained from 1 g of steam-exploded Japanese cedar chips at a steam pressure of 4.51 MPa and a steaming time of 5 min while no methane gas was produced from untreated chips. The addition of okara into the chips was attempted and the optimal condition, i.e. C/N of 18, increased the methane gas produced to 315 mL. ER -