BACKGROUND The study presented here has used the commercial flow sheeting program Aspen Plus™ to evaluate techno-economic aspects of large-scale hemp-based processes for producing transportation fuels. The co-production of biogas, district heat and power from chopped and steam-pretreated hemp, and the co-production of ethanol, biogas, heat and power from steam-pretreated hemp were analysed. The...

Production of biogas through anaerobic digestion (AD) from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) was compared to incineration of the waste. At the moment, almost all of the OFMSW in Singapore is incinerated. Three different scales of biogas plants were compared to incineration: one large-scale biogas plant that can treat half of all OFMSW in Singapore; one medium-scale biogas pl...

BACKGROUND Presently, different studies are conducted related to the topic of biomass potential to generate through anaerobic fermentation process alternative fuels supposed to support the existing fossil fuel resources, which are more and more needed, in quantity, but also in quality of so called green energy. The present study focuses on depicting an optional way of capitalizing agricultural ...

Work was focused on possibilities of biogas production from a crude glycerol. This material is by-product of biodiesel production. In the work results of crude glycerol treatment in the laboratory mixed reactor and in the laboratory UASB reactors are described. Results from long-term co-digestion of maize silage and crude glycerol in full scale anaerobic reactor at biogas plant are also discuss...

Factor analysis was applied to two stages biogas production from banana stem waste allowing a screening of the experimental variables second stage temperature (T), organic loading rates (OLR) and hydraulic retention times (HRT). Biogas production was found to be strongly influenced by all the above experimental variables. Results from factorial analysis have shown that all variables which were ...

CompAretti, A., p. Febo, C. GreCo and S. orlAndo, 2013. Current state and future of biogas and digestate production. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 19: 1-14 Over the past few years, the worldwide cost of energy has increased significantly, due to a growing global demand for energy and the decreasing availability of fossil fuel sources. Many countries are adopting environmental policies promoting the pro...

This study aimed to enhance hydrogen production from sugarcane syrup by biogas sparging. Two-stage continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor were used to produce hydrogen and methane, respectively. Biogas produced from the UASB was used to sparge into the CSTR. Results indicated that sparging with biogas increased the hydrogen production rate (HPR...

because every day production of refuse material is increasing, interest in the development of biogas units in many countries, both as traditional and industrial plants, has been increased. about 74 million tons of methane gas is produced from cattle dung and 40 million tons is produced only from urban solid wastes in the world annually .this would influence the greenhouse effect india and china...

The increasing of crude oil prices recently in the world, the need for an alternative source of fuel in the Indonesia is urgently required. In addition, growing concern about climate change is driving the need for “low-carbon” fuels. One highly potential form of renewable and low-carbon fuel is biogas from anaerobic digestion of organic wastes. Anaerobic digestion is a naturally occurring proce...