The effect of particles size on biogas production
| dc.contributor.author | Nalinga, Y. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Legonda, I. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-09T11:19:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-09T11:19:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Full Text Article Available at: http://ijirts.org/volume4issue2/IJIRTSV4I2002.pdf | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study on the effect of particles size on biogas produc-tion has been conducted. Substrates consisted of pre-treated water hyacinth with drying and grounded to fine particles of (0.001and0.05mm) and chopped water hyacinth to small particles of (1.0 and2.5 mm). The reactor digesters were operated atmesophilic temperature ranges of 25 °C to 32 °C with retention time of 23 days. Results showed that highest biogas production occurred with the most finely grounded substrate (0.001 mm) which recorded 0.39liters of biogas with 70 % CH4 followed by the grounded particles of 0.05 mm yields 0.34 liters with 66% CH4 .while the lowest bio-gas production was observed from the chopped particles of 2.5 mm producing 0.24 liters of biogas with 55% CH4. Fur-ther observation revealed that methane yields increased by 21% when the substrates were pre-treated by grinding into very fine particles compared with the chopped substrate. The results suggest that small particle size favours methane yield. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nalinga, Y., & Legonda, I. (2016). The effect of particles size on biogas production. International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology & Science, Vol. 4(2), pp. 9-13. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2133 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Anaerobic | en_US |
| dc.subject | Substrates | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water hyacinth | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fish waste | en_US |
| dc.subject | Biogas production | en_US |
| dc.subject | Anaerobic digestion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Greenhouse gas | en_US |
| dc.title | The effect of particles size on biogas production | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |