Title :
Effect of temperature on biogas production from lignocellulosic biomasses
Author :
Ghatak, Manjula Das ; Mahanta, Priyakshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Guwahati, Guwahati, India
Abstract :
The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of temperature on anaerobic digestion of different lignocellulosic biomasses such as bamboo dust and saw dust. Bamboo dust and saw dust were mixed with cattle dung in 1:3 ratio in batch type anaerobic digesters of volume 1000 ml at 35°C, 45°C and 55°C temperatures. At five day interval, 10 ml of digested slurry was taken out from the digesters and tested for total solid and volatile solid contents. Effect of temperature on kinetic rate constant was also studied. It was observed that biogas production increases with temperature. The kinetic rate constant plays a significant role to indicate the digestion process.
Keywords :
biofuel; dust; renewable materials; anaerobic digesters; anaerobic digestion; bamboo dust; biogas production; digestion process; kinetic rate constant; lignocellulosic biomasses; saw dust; temperature 35 C; temperature 45 C; temperature 55 C; temperature effect; volatile solid contents; Cows; Slurries; Substrates; biogas production; kinetic rate constant; lignocellulosic biomasses; total solid and volatile solid contents;
Conference_Titel :
Non Conventional Energy (ICONCE), 2014 1st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kalyani
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3339-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICONCE.2014.6808702
