Biochemical Methane Potential of Agro Wastes
Joint Authors
Mutnuri, Srikanth
Ganguly, Anasuya
Prabhudessai, Vidhya
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-06-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The focus of our work is on anaerobic digestion of locally available agro wastes like coconut oil cake, cashew apple waste, and grass from lawn cuttings.
The most productive agro waste, in terms of methane yield, was coconut oil cake and grass.
The results showed that the initial volatile solids concentration significantly affected the biogas production.
The methane yield from coconut oil cake was found to be 383 ml CH4/g VS and 277 ml CH4/g VS added at 4 and 4.5 g VS/l.
In case of grass the biogas production increased with increasing VS concentrations with methane yield of 199, 250, 256, 284, and 332 ml CH4/g VS at 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, and 5.0 g VS/l.
For cashew apple waste single-stage fermentation inhibited biogas production.
However, phase separation showed methane yield of 60.7 ml CH4/g VS and 64.6 ml CH4/g VS at 3.5 and 4.0 g VS/l, respectively.
The anaerobic biodegradability of coconut oil cake was evaluated in fed batch mode in a 5 L anaerobic reactor at 4 g VS/L per batch, and the maximum methane yield was found to be 320 ml CH4/g VS.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Prabhudessai, Vidhya& Ganguly, Anasuya& Mutnuri, Srikanth. 2013. Biochemical Methane Potential of Agro Wastes. Journal of Energy،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Prabhudessai, Vidhya…[et al.]. Biochemical Methane Potential of Agro Wastes. Journal of Energy No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Prabhudessai, Vidhya& Ganguly, Anasuya& Mutnuri, Srikanth. Biochemical Methane Potential of Agro Wastes. Journal of Energy. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-464936
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-464936