Biogas Generation Potential from Food and Kitchen Waste

Abstract

Organic waste is a type of unwanted material that is frequently produced as a result of man’s activity, resulting in pollution of the environment. consequently, domestic biogas generation is one of the most acceptable methods for treating biomass wastes because it supplies energy while also addressing ecological, financial, and climate change concerns. Bio-energy supplies counter both energy scarcity and dependency on polluting and non-renewable resources as a result of advanced biogas extraction technologies. These have contributed to the introduction of a range of biogas equipment for cooking, lighting, and electricity production.. In this study, an attempt has been made to determine the methane generation potentials from food and kitchen waste, from a university cafeteria, as a renewable energy resourc by using a simple mathematical calculation to evaluate the total biogas production as well as to design a fixed dome digester and hydraulic tank. The result shows that the total gas produced, the daily charge, and organic loading rate are 8.75m3, 0.3017m3/day, and 17.402kg substrate / m3 / day, respectively. It also presents the total volume of the digester, diameter, and volume of the digester, volume, and diameter of the hydraulic chamber as 22.183m3, 3.676m, 18.103m3, 4.524m3, and 2.025m, respectively.