Hydroxycinnamic acid extraction from prairie biomass for enhancing performance in anaerobic digestion, Iowa, 2021-2022.

This dataset contains a series of batch and continuous anaerobic digestion (AD) experiments that document the effects of hydroxycinnamic acid (HCA) extraction as a pretreatment strategy for prairie biomass to enhance methane production and digestion performance. It includes data on chemical composition of raw inputs (prairie biomass, manure, inoculum), including elemental and solids content; methane and biogas yields under various conditions: untreated vs. HCA-treated biomass, co-digestion with manure at different ratios, and operational enhancements such as biochar supplementation and liquid digestate recirculation; digestate characteristics, including pH, ammonia concentration, and total phenolic content, under different treatment and operational scenarios; optimization data for HCA extraction, detailing the influence of temperature and time on HCA yield and lignin removal; and HCA composition data, including cumulative and species-specific yields (ferulic and p-coumaric acids), and acetyl bromide soluble lignin content.