Biogas Production Feedstock EEC
Biogas Production Feedstock EEC
Biogas Production Feedstock EEC
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Department of Civil engineering, Lovely Professional University 2Department of Environment
Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144 411, Punjab, India
ABSTRACT
Waste is one of the foremost and environmental anxieties in most of evolving countries. In rapidly developing
world problems and issues of waste are increasing day by day. The objective of this paper is to give the
insight details of different wastes which can help in the production of biogas. It has been perceived from
past few researches that biogas production can be increased efficiently. This paper gives an overview about
the biogas production by using different substrates and methods to overcome from the problem of pollution
caused by waste. Biogas is generated by the bioconversion of treated and untreated biomass under solid
state fermentation. Biogas does not have limitations nor does it require advanced technology for producing
energy. An attempt is made to compare the biogas formation from different wastes used as a feedstock.
Most of the researches were done before using these as a feedstock so in this paper some of the results are
analyzed and discussed as biogas production is the economical as well as the easiest way to utilize the
waste and convert into energy solutions.
is performed for 90 days after adding 100 mL of Biogas production from kitchen wet waste
sludge into it and concluded that there is consider-
Navjot Riar et al. (2013), using kitchen wet waste
able decrease in the value of pH, alkalinity, COD,
such as Tea bags, Turnip, Rotten tomato, Potato
BOD, acidity as discussed in table below. Also it is
Waste Spinach, Onion, Pea peels, Bread, Pumpkin,
observed from the experiment that organic acids are
Cheese, Butter, Rotten Apples, Eggs, banana peels,
successfully converted into useful compounds. Fol-
Paper, Mushrooms, Cooked meat, Rice in a 20 liter
lowing table shows the fall in values of parameters
container and by using PVC fittings conducted an
analyzed (Mohan and Jagadeesan, 2013).
experiment for the production of biogas. The test
Cow dung and rice husk as substrate was conducted for 21 days and found out that acid
concentration affects the production of biogas
This apparatus of experimentation consist of
greatly. It affects the pH also as it also get decreased
Buckner type of glass of capacity 500 mL for di-
when acid concentration increase and vice versa. It
gester which is further connected to same glass of
has been concluded by her that temperature range
half its capacity containing brine solution which is
between 350C-450C is most optimum for production.
further connected to flask which is empty. 3 combi-
nations was made using 1.5 kg of cow dung and 1.5 Fruits and vegetable waste as substrate
kg of rice huskin ratio 50:50, 75:25, 0:100. Digestion
Study was done for the production of biogas and
started and when production of biogas takes place it
using sludge after digestion into the field as a fertil-
displaces brine solution into empty flask which re-
izers. Fruits and vegetables such as pumpkin, pine-
sult in showing the amount of biogas produced.
apple, spinach, orange were collected for this inves-
The first combination in the 50:50 ratio showing
tigation and dried in sun for 20 days and in oven at
the maximum production of biogas. The study
1100C for 10 hrs before use. These materials with the
shows that during intial duration of digestion the
help of mortar and wooden pestle are converted
formation of biogas is quite less and on the 31st day
into powdered form. Cow dung is also collected
of testing it shows sudden hike that is due to the
and 5 digesters were made and slurries were added
working of methanogenic bacteria. It was observed
to them by adding 1.5 liter of water into each 200gm
that after some days the production of biogas re-
sample of feedstock. The highest biogas production
duces. So it is concluded that rice husk does not
is recorded for cow dung followed by pineapple,
have potential for producing biogas at ambient tem-
orange, pumpkin and spinach as 1554cm3, 965 cm3,
perature conditions. Also it does not show any con-
612cm3, 373 cm3 and 269 cm3 respectively (Sagagi et
tribution toward biogas production (Elijah T. Iyagba
al., 2009). So it is concluded that all the substrates
et al., 2009).
are pretty good for the production of biogas.
Fig. 2. Parameters showing production, variation in pH and TS%Source- International Journal of Computational Engineer-
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