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Abstract The biogas fermentation co-digestion Salvinia molesta (SM) and rice straw (RS) was investigated within a wide range of SM:RS of 100:0–0:100 (mass ratio). This study used batch anaerobic digesters in laboratory-scale operated at mesophilic temperature in 30 days. The optimum SM:RS ratio was 60:40–0:100 (C/N of 29.50–39.17) producing total biogas yield of 103.83–113.92 mL/g VS. The highest biogas yield (113.92 ± 6.90 mL/g VS) was obtained from SM:RS of 40:60 (C/N of 34.80). The biogas produced from SM:RS of 40:60 contained 60.58% CH 4 , 38.69% CO 2 , 0.73% H 2 . Fitting error between measured and predicted total biogas yield for 30 days fermentation by using modified Gompertz, Cone, First Order model was 0.96–6.45%, 0.14–3.52%, and 1.97–15.25% respectively. Furthermore, Cone model was used to design the anaerobic batch digester volume and develop the kinetic model of VS degradability rate. The fit correlation of measured and predicted VS removal was R 2  = 0.992.