Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 54(2016)857-865 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ELSEVIER journal homepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/rser A review of methane production from agricultural residues in China CrossMark Kun Lia.b,Ronghou Liu .b.*,Chen Sun 3.b Biomass Energy Engineering Research Centre.School of Agriculture and Biology.Shanghai Jiao Tong University.800 Dongchuan Road.Shanghai 200240. PR China Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture(South).Ministry of Agriculture,800 Dongchuan Road,Shanghai 200240.PR China ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Anaerobic digestion is an effective technology for resources recycling.The application of anaerobic Received 6 Octoher 2014 digestion has been a hotspot due to its capability of converting solid organie waste into methane.The Received in revised form metabolism of acetoclastic methanogens,anaerobic digestion features and strategies of three main 19 August 2015 Accepted 22 October 2015 agricultural residues and current situation of large,medium biogas plant built in China are summarized. Available online 11 November 2015 hoping to promote the application of this technology to deal with agricultural residues.Also,the current problems are presented and future research and development of biogas technology are proposed. Keywords: 2015 Elsevier Ltd.All rights reserved. China Anaerobic digestion Biogas Agricultural residues Contents 1. 857 2. Methanogens in anaerobic digestion....................................................................................858 3. The adaptability of substrate materials for methanogenic fermentation 858 4. Methanogenic fermentation of livestock manures.……… 859 4.1. Anaerobic digestion characteristics of livestock manures,...........,..++ 859 4.2 Development of biogas plant for manure treatment in China 859 5. Methanogenic fermentation of fruit and vegetable waste................................................................... 860 5.1. Anaerobic digestion characteristics of fruit and vegetable waste........................................................ 860 5.2. Development of biogas plant for fruit and vegetable waste treatment in China ........................................... 860 6. Methanogenic fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass...,,。。。… 860 6.1. Pretreatment of crop residue for enhanced methane yield............................................................. 860 62. Development of biogas plant for crop straw treatment in China ....................................................... 861 7. Biogas technology application and policies in China........................................................................ 861 8. 862 8.1. Conclusion... 862 8.2. Recommendations for future work.........................................................................862 Acknowledgments. 862 References.,,· 862 1.Introduction China has abundant biomass resource which refers to residues and by-products of agriculture,forestry and other related indus- .Corresponding author at:Biomass Energy Engineering Research Centre,School of Agriculture and Biology,Shanghai Jiao Tong University.800 Dongchuan Road. tries,as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and Shanghai 200240,PR China.Tel.:+86 21 34205744. municipal waste 1,2.21%of total biomass resource was occupied E-mail address:liurhou@sjtu.edu.cn (R.Liu). by agricultural residues which are associated with manure of http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.103 1364-0321/2015 Elsevier Ltd.All rights reserved