Anaerobic Digestion of Vegetable Waste In Lab-Scale Digester

Authors

  • S. Paul  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
  • P. C. Roy  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Keywords:

Biomass Waste, Anaerobic Digestion, Gas Production.

Abstract

Biomass waste is a potential source of biogas production. A large amount of biomass waste is generated from agricultural process industries and vegetable market. In the present work a 25L of capacity single stage anaerobic digester has been designed and fabricated with its accessories. Cauliflower waste of1.3kg (dried in sunlight), 1.7kg of fresh cow dung, and 14L of water are used for anaerobic digestion process at mesophilic condition at 370C. Daily gas production rate has been measured for a period of 21 days. The total cumulative production of biogas is measured as 16.784L.

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2018-04-30

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Volume 4, Issue 5, March-April-2018

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S. Paul, P. C. Roy, " Anaerobic Digestion of Vegetable Waste In Lab-Scale Digester , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp.1530-1533, March-April-2018.