International Journal of Engineering Research in Electronics and Communication Engineering

Enhancement of Biogas Yield by Optimizing Key Factors: A Review

Author : Sitanshkumar Dhirajlal Golwala ¹ Dr. Kartik Kothari ²

Date of Publication :11th May 2021

Abstract: Biogas production through an anaerobic digestion process can solve both the problem of waste disposal and environmental pollution which is prevailing all over the world. But it has certain limitations such as it has low degradation rate, high solid retention time, lower biogas production which makes it unattractive for commercial use. This paper reviews effects of various process parameters such as agitation, ammonia nitrogen concentration, accumulation of volatile fatty acid and buffering capacity, pH, temperature, feedstock characteristics as biogas production optimization. From literature, it has been found that optimizing these process parameters and operating biogas plants at this optimum value results in enhance biogas production.

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