Energy generation from anaerobic co-digestion of food waste, cow dung and piggery dung.

Oladeji, O.S and Dahunsi, S. O. and Adesulu-Dahunsi, A.T. and Ojo, S. I. A. and Lawal, A. I. and Idowu, A. O. and Olanipekun, A.A and IBIKUNLE, R.A. and Osueke, C.O. and Ajayi, E.O. and Osueke, Ngozi and Evbuomwan, Ikponmwosa Energy generation from anaerobic co-digestion of food waste, cow dung and piggery dung. ELSEVIER.

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Abstract

The study investigated bioenergy generation from anaerobic co-digestion of food wastes (FW), cow dung (CD) and piggery dung (PD). The physicochemical parameters of the substrates were determined before and after digestion following standard procedures after mechanical pretreatment. Throughout the study, pH remained slightly alkaline while temperature varied between 26 and 32 °C. The highest cumulative biogas yield of 0.0488 L was recorded from the digestion of FW + CD + PD on the ninth day. After analyses, the highest methane content of 64.6 was obtained from the digestion of FW + PD while the lowest (54.0%) was from the digestion of FW only. Overall, cumulative biogas production for the four digestion regimes followed the order: FW + CD + PD, FW + PD, FW + CD and FW only respectively. Accumulation of VFAs was recorded at a slow rate during the digestions.

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