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Resource Characterisation and Biogas Potential Determination of Cassava, Yam and Plantain Peel Mixtures Using Theoretical Models and Hbt Based Experiments

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14 November 2024

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19 November 2024

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This research aimed to evaluate the comparative biogas yields of waste (peels) of selected relevant fibrous materials from the West African region: Cassava, plantain, a mixture of cassava, plantain and yam. Three models: The Boyle model, the Modified Boyle’s model, and the Buswell and Müller’s model were used to determine the theoretical maximum biomethane potentials (TMBP), while the Hohenheim biogas yield test (D-HBT) was used to undertake a batch test of anaerobic digestion. With an operating temperature of 37±0.5 , the samples were co-digested with digested sewage sludge (DSS) for 39 days. Comparisons are drawn between the TBMPs and the experimental results, the experimental results of the different substrates and the experimental results and figures reported in literature. From the experimental results, plantain peels had the highest biogas yield (468±72 ml/g oTS), followed by a mixture of yam, cassava and plantain peels (362±31 ml/g oTS) and cassava peels obtained the least biogas yield (218±19 ml/g oTS). TMBPS of 204.04, 209.03 and 217.45 CH4 ml/g oTS were obtained for plantain peels, a mixture of yam, cassava and plantain peels and cassava peels respectively, evaluated using the Boyle’s model. For all the samples, the TMBPS (205.56, 209.03 and 218.45 CH4 ml/g oTS respectively) obtained using the Buswell and Mueller model were slightly higher than those obtained by both the Boyle and the modified Boyle’s model (163.23, 167.22 and 174.76 CH4 ml/g oTS respectively).

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Subject: Engineering  -   Energy and Fuel Technology
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