Abstract Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an important pathway of organic matter degradation in nature, which is of great significance for achieving environmental and economic sustainability. AD involves so many biochemical reactions that it is difficult to accurately describe the reaction pattern of methane production. The teacher introduced the methanogenic kinetics into Biochemistry teaching by designing five closely connected teaching modules. After introducing the derivation process, applicable scope, and parameter characteristics of three common methanogenic kinetic models, students were then taught how to use software to perform data fitting and trained to analyze the simulated results. By introducing methanogenic kinetics into teaching, students can not only better understand the basic knowledge of complex AD process but also learn a method for describing the methanogenic process accurately and quantitatively, thus building a bridge between theory and practical application. This teaching innovation laid a foundation for students’ participation in future engineering practice and achieved good results. This paper can not only have great significance for improving the teaching framework and quality of Biochemistry course but also provide a useful reference for the teaching reform of other related courses in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, New Energy Engineering, and Biological Engineering majors.
CHEN Chang, YUAN Shu-Lan, LI Cheng. Teaching Practice of Methane Production Kinetics in Biochemistry[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, 44(22): 95-101.
