PULPING OF ORGANIC-WASTE FOR USE AS A RAW MATERIAL FOR BIO-GAS GENERATION.

The growing aspects of renewable energy and environmental conditions, anaerobic digestion of biogas generation has pulled in extensive consideration inside of scientific researchers. The available organic-waste was collected from the streets of VIT institution is the alternative source for increasing the production rate in Biogas plant. This paper tries to prove the fact that instead of using direct raw material, the process of using pulp of the raw materials is more helpful for decomposition of the organic-waste in order to maximize the biogas production. The cow dung acts as inoculum and collected street waste as substrate for the study. The impact of physico-chemical characteristics carried out for cow dung, with and without making of pulp were analyzed in the CO2 research center in VIT University. The volume of biogas production was measured by using water displacement method for regular interval of time. Regular logging of the data has provided a basis for performance trend monitoring. The pH observations were experienced from 6-7.5 and treated substrate were characterized by a total solids(TS) content 87.9mg/g, volatile solids(VS) content 52.5mg/g. This nutrient level gives the faster hydrolysis and biogas production become higher with a less retention time to produce sufficient amount of biogas. - See more at: