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Biomass
vendors. Foreign materials were removed by washing the peelings and then air-
Pretreatment
peelings by chopping the substrate into 3mm – 5mm sizes to aid the breakdown
was determined.
Ensiling
sugars. Anaerobic conditions were ensured by compacting the peelings to fill the
pore spaces.
Fermentation
After the ensiling process, the hydrolysate from the ensiled material was
were excluded in the process. Collected hydrolysate was boiled for about 15
minutes to kill the pathogens present. After which, hydrolysate was cooled then
pH level was determined and adjusted to pH 5. It is then equally distributed in
five 125 ml erlemenyer flasks. This is followed by the alcoholic fermentation with
the use of active dry yeasts (two percent by weight of the hydrolysate) that have
vegetable oil were also added and tightly capped with rubber cork to prevent
Distillation
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Figure 4. Process if the Biogas Digester Works
Figure 3. Digester Design for Biogas Production
Working Principle
The anaerobic digestion will take place in the six-liter reactor. When the
biomass is already placed, the reactor must be sealed air-tight to prevent oxygen
rice straw and swine manure is used, the micro-organism present inside will now
start to work in breaking down the tissues of the rice straw and the manure. This
reaction produces biogas and digestate. Digestate is what is left of the biomass
The Biogas that was produced has two main components: methane (CH 4)
and Carbon Dioxide (CO2). These gases will be collected by passing a small tube
into a six-liter gas collector which is filled with water. The more biogas produced
in the reactor the more pressure is generated, this pressure will push the water
into a calibrated container which is the Water Displacer where the volume of the
gas produced is measured. In this setup the volume of gas produced is equal to
the volume of the water displaced. Figure 5 below shows the principle of how the
The process will continue as long as anaerobic digestion still takes place
in the reactor. The biogas will be trapped in the gas collector until it is used.
Figure 5. Working Principle of Rice Straw and Swine Manure Biogas Production