Biogas Production Potential of Food Waste

Biogas Production Potential of Food Waste



P. Manonmani, Lurwan Muazu, M. C. Kamaraj, Mukesh Goel, R.Elangomathavan



At present our country is facing various problems, among that energy
crisis has become more serious in next coming years. Both energy crisis
and pollution problems could be controlled by adopting an alternative
method of biogas production form waste products. Food waste is the best
alternative for biogas production in a community level biogas plant.
Hence in the present study, an attempt has been made to study the rate
of biogas production in a lab scale biogas digester model for the
efficient conversion of the food waste (starch –rich materials)
generated from PRIST University Campus. The biogas production depends
on the maximum biogas yield, the concentration of volatile solids of the
input, the density of the effluent, the density of the biogas and the
reaction rate constant, which are all substrate - or process - specific.
The experiments were carried out for 40 days and the rate of gas
production was measured by water displacement method. The pH value of
the cow dung and food waste was initially measured and adjusted to
nearer to neutral and gradually increased to acidic and again it got
stabilised to the neutral pH which favoured the production of biogas.
The percentage of total solids was 69.86, 93.56 and 25.67 for cow dung,
food waste and digested slurry respectively. The percentage of volatile
solids was 52.5, 86.3 and 18.9 for cow dung, food waste and digested
slurry respectively. The percentage of volatile fatty acid was 285, 356
and 365 for cow dung, food waste and digested slurry respectively.
Observations on daily basis were made on the constituent of biogas, pH,
volume and rate of biogas production. The rate of biogas production
continuously increased as days progressed and there was maximum yield in
biogas after 20 days. Thus continuous feeding helps in daily biogas
production and can be used at a small as well as larger scale to manage
the organic waste and energy production for various applications. 



10.22161/ijeab/2.2.18



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