Open AccessEnergy Recovery by Production of Electricity from Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste in the Saharan Environment
Author(s) -
Ahmed TAHRI,
Slimane Kalloum
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
algerian journal of renewable energy and sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2710-849X
DOI - 10.46657/ajresd.2021.3.1.7
Subject(s) - biogas , anaerobic digestion , waste management , methane , environmental science , natural gas , electricity generation , biodegradable waste , electricity , renewable natural gas , energy recovery , anaerobic exercise , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , engineering , fuel gas , energy (signal processing) , biology , physiology , power (physics) , physics , statistics , electrical engineering , mathematics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , combustion
Anaerobic digestion is a natural process of transforming organic matter into energy by methanogenic bacteria. This process is performed in the digesters in the absence of oxygen, they produce biogas composed mainly of methane (CH4) which is a combustible natural gas we can used in everyday life. In this work, we produced biogas using a continuous digester with a capacity of 4m3 and after the biogas purification; we used methane produced to run the generator to produce electricity. The results are very encouraging, where we have to produce electricity and cover the daily needs of the Algerian individual in electricity using 1m3 of biogas from our digester