Publication: Anaerobic co-digestion of agricultural and agro-industrial waste
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2020-02
Authors
Muhammad Zulhelmi Bin Mohd Azmi
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Biogas technology is an effective solution to deal with the problem of a more stable and
effective source of renewable energy through its potential capacity to maintain an
atmosphere free of pollution. In addition to being a renewable energy source, biogas
digester systems would stop high exposure of methane, carbon dioxide and other
pollutants to the atmosphere. In addition, biogas combustion displaces the use of fossil
fuels for energy generation, thus contributing to additional greenhouse gas (GHG) and
other air pollutants reduction. In latest years, to compliment the growing interest in
renewable energy, a growing number of centralized biogas plants have been built to
transform livestock manure into renewable energy products such as electricity or bio methane products for their cost efficiency. The present idea is to use industrial and agro industrial waste from farms and palm oil mills to generate methane gas by means of
anaerobic digestion. An anaerobic digester includes an oxygen-free system that enables
microorganisms to degrade the organic material for biogas production. Once the biogas
is generated, it can be used to assist the developing world for various applications. This
paper will investigate anaerobic co-digestion between two or more substrates samples
consisting primarily of palm oil mill effluent (POME), napier grass and cow dung. It
has been discovered that the measure of biogas yield from these substrates increments
with an expansion in volatile solid and diminishes with a decrease in volatile solid
proportion. Furthermore, biomethane potential method have been utilized to assess
anaerobic biodegradability, potential proficiency, and organic matter in every substrate.