Comparison Effect on Biogas Production from Vegetable and Fruit Waste with Rumen Digesta Through Co-Digestion Process

Authors

Anika Tasnim, Sylhet Agricultural University
Muhammad Rashed Al Mamun, Sylhet Agricultural University
Md Anwar Hossen, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
Md Towfiqur Rahman, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Md Janibul Alam Soeb, Sylhet Agricultural University

ORCID IDs

Rahman 0000-0001-9520-2753

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2022

Citation

EJ-Energy: European Journal of Energy Research (2022) 2(1):

doi: 10.24018/ejenergy.2022.2.1.38

Comments

Copyright 2022, the authors. Open access

License: CC BY 4.0 International

Abstract

Biogas is the best renewable energy as it can be produced from any biomass for example any plant or living organism. The purpose of this research was to produce biomethane from co-digestion of vegetable and fruit waste with rumen digesta through anaerobic digestion process. In this research, two trials of experiment were conducted. Each trial has three different sample with different mixing ratios. Raw materials used in the experiment was rumen digesta of goat and cow, potato, capsicum, cucumbers, onions, radish, cauliflower, carrot, leafy vegetables, apple, banana, and papaya. In each sample, 1200 gram of raw materials were used. Hydraulic retention time was 30 days. Data was collected by water displacement method. The experiment found that the gas production started from 2^nd or 3^rd days and stops in 28^th or 29^th day. Highest production of biogas was 35, 33, 30, 40, 50 and 35 mL/day on the 17^th, 14^th, 17^th, 11^th, 12^th and 7^th day at the mixing ratios of 1:1:2, 1:2:1, 1:1.5:1.5, 1:0.5:0.5, 1:2:2 and 1.5:1.5:1 (Rumen Digesta: Vegetable Waste: Fruit Waste) respectively. The study suggests making digester for the recycling of waste to produce biogas, a renewable and environment friendly energy.