@inproceedings{425418edbdc3484b9643a84585066892,
title = "Mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of cow dung, chicken droppings and grass clippings",
abstract = "The main focus of this study was mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of cow dung, chicken droppings and grass clippings using pilot bio-digesters. The biochemical methane potential (BMP) works under batch anaerobic digester operating in ambient mesophilic temperature of 35 °C and 37 °C and pH of 7 to generate biogas. The carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio for cow dung and chicken droppings was found to be 17.70 and 63.67 respectively and grass clippings to be 20.54. Through co-digestion in a ratio of 1:1, the C/N ratio for cow dung and grass clippings settled at 19.19 while that for chicken droppings and grass clippings settled at 20.49. The conversion rate of the reaction and biogas production increased with the increase in temperature and hydraulic retention time until an equilibrium state was achieved. At the temperature 37 °C, it was observed to be the suitable mesophilic temperature for anaerobic digestion due to high dissociation and collision leading to high rate of biogas production.",
keywords = "Anaerobic digestion, Co-digestion, Mesophilic temperature",
author = "Matheri, {Anthony Njuguna} and Mohamed Belaid and Tumisang Seodigeng and Ngila, {Catherine Jane} and Charles Mbohwa",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
series = "Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science",
publisher = "Newswood Limited",
pages = "967--970",
editor = "Grundfest, {Warren S.} and Craig Douglas and Ao, {S. I.}",
booktitle = "WCECS 2016 - World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2016",
note = "2016 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2016 ; Conference date: 19-10-2016 Through 21-10-2016",
}