1. Enhanced Biogas Production from the Anaerobic Batch Treatment of Banana Peels
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Gerrit Jan Willem Euverink, Spyridon Achinas, Janneke Krooneman, Bioconversie en fermentatietechnologie, Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Products and Processes for Biotechnology
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anaerobic digestion ,General Chemical Engineering ,WASTE ,Biogas ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,banana peels ,ENERGY ,METHANE ,SUBSTRATE ,bananenplantages ,biogasproductie ,banana farms ,afvalwaterzuivering ,General Engineering ,MIXTURES ,Banana peel ,bananenschillen ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Pulp and paper industry ,Kinetic study ,Cow manure ,Wastewater ,anaerobe vergisting ,GROWTH ,0210 nano-technology ,Environmental Engineering ,General Computer Science ,Anaerobic treatment ,Materials Science (miscellaneous) ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,BIOMETHANE PRODUCTION ,010402 general chemistry ,anaerobic digestion technology ,CO-DIGESTION ,biogas production ,wastewater ,SLUDGE ,SHEEP MANURE ,0104 chemical sciences ,anaerobe vergistingstechnologie ,Food waste ,Anaerobic digestion ,lcsh:TA1-2040 ,Slurry ,Environmental science ,Batch test ,lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,Cow dung ,Waste disposal - Abstract
Waste disposal management and the energy crisis are important challenges facing most countries. The fruit-processing industry generates daily several tons of wastes, of which the major share comes from banana farms. Anaerobic digestion (AD) technology has been applied to the treatment of wastewater, animal slurry, food waste, and agricultural residues, with the primary goals of energy production and waste elimination. This study examines the effect of organic loading (OL) and cow manure (CM) addition on AD performance when treating banana peel waste (BPW). The maximum daily biogas production rates of banana peels (BPs) with a CM content of 10%, 20%, and 30% at 18 and 22 g of volatile solids (gvs) per liter were 50.20, 48.66, and 62.78 mL·(gvs·d)−1 and 40.49, 29.57, and 46.54 mL·(gvs·d)−1, respectively. However, the daily biogas yield showed no clear interdependence with OL or CM content. In addition, a kinetic analysis using first-order and cone models showed that the kinetic parameters can be influenced by the process parameters. Keywords: Biogas, Banana peels, Cow manure, Anaerobic treatment, Batch test, Kinetic study
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- 2019