Biogas production from water Hyacinth blends

dc.contributor.authorFadairo, AA
dc.contributor.authorFagbenle, RO
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-23T11:48:27Z
dc.date.available2015-04-23T11:48:27Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractPaper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis work studied the biogas generation potential of water hyacinth. This was with a view to determining the effects of blending cow dung and poultry droppings with water hyacinth on the yield of biogas. Samples of water hyacinth, cow-dung and poultry droppings were obtained from the Lagoon front of the University of Lagos Nigeria, an abattoir in Ile Ife Nigeria and the Teaching and Research Farm of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife Nigeria respectively. The sample of water hyacinth was subjected to some pretreatments before it was blended with cow-dung and poultry droppings in varying proportions and then digested in anaerobic digesters for a retention time of thirty days. The results showed that the water hyacinth blend with proportions of water hyacinth, cow dung and poultry droppings in the ratio of 2 : 2 : 1 respectively, produced the largest volume of biogas of 3.073 Litres per 2.5kg of the feedstock while water hyacinth alone which served as the control for the experiment produced the smallest volume of biogas of 0.931 Litres per kg of the feedstock. The result of the Gas Chromatography analysis revealed that the biogas had Methane (62.14%), Ammonia (0.44%), Carbon (IV) oxide (34.44%), Hydrogen sulphide (1.38%) and Carbon monoxide (0.44%). The study concluded that the biogas production from water hyacinth could be optimized by subjecting it to some pretreatments like blending with animal wastes.en_ZA
dc.description.librariandc2015en_ZA
dc.format.extent8 pagesen_ZA
dc.format.mediumPDFen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFadairo, AA & Fagbenle, RO 2014, 'Biogas production from water Hyacinth blends', Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn97817759206873
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/44610
dc.publisherInternational Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamicsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.subjectBiogas generationen_ZA
dc.subjectBiogasen_ZA
dc.subjectPoultry droppingsen_ZA
dc.subjectWater hyacinthen_ZA
dc.titleBiogas production from water Hyacinth blendsen_ZA
dc.typePresentationen_ZA

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