Open AccessPerformance Study of a Biogas Pilot Plant Using Domestic Wastes from Benin Metropolis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of thermal and environmental engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1923-7316
DOI - 10.5383/ijtee.10.02.007
Subject(s) - biogas , anaerobic digestion , renewable energy , environmentally friendly , slurry , waste management , environmental science , mesophile , biofuel , bioenergy , pulp and paper industry , renewable resource , energy recovery , methane , environmental engineering , chemistry , engineering , mathematics , ecology , genetics , electrical engineering , organic chemistry , bacteria , biology , statistics , energy (signal processing)
Increasing demand for energy and high waste generation in Nigeria necessitates the adoption of technologies that promote renewable energy and wastes conversion into viable commodity. The biogas technology is one of such systems that have been found to be cost effective and environmentally friendly. In this paper the performance study of a biogas pilot plant using domestic wastes from Benin metropolis was done. Two different samples of substrates composition were made to undergo anaerobic digestion at two different mesophillic temperatures and pH ranges. The gas produced was analyzed for percentage composition. It was observed that good mesophilic temperature range leads to faster digestion and that pH of slurry depend on substrates composition, period of production and temperature.