Biogasification of sorghum

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6875405

Biljetina, R; Srivastava, V J; Isaacson, H R

The Institute of Gas Technology has been operating a 1200-gallon, anaerobic solids-concentrating digester at the Walt Disney World Resort Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. This digester development work is part of a larger effort sponsored by the Gas Research Institute to provide an effective community waste treatment and energy recovery concept for smaller communities. As a result, an economically attractive, water hyacinth-based wastewater treatment system was developed that includes the digestion of water hyacinth and sludge to methane. A further extension of the community waste treatment concept is to include agricultural wastes in the energy recovery scheme. Therefore, during 1986 a test program was initiated to obtain data on the digestion of sorghum in the solids concentrating digester. Performance data was collected at both mesophilic and thermophilic operating conditions at total organic loading rates of 0.25 and 0.5 pounds per cubic foot of digester volume per day, respectively. Excellent methane yields were obtained during twelve months of stable and uninterrupted operation. This paper summarizes the performance data obtained on sorghum in this digester. 7 refs., 6 figs., 6 tabs.

• Research Organization: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6875405
• Report Number(s): CONF-870364-4; ON: DE88017157
• Resource Relation: Conference: 11. IGT conference on energy from biomass and wastes, Orlando, FL, USA, 16 Mar 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
BIOGAS PROCESS
OPTIMIZATION
PILOT PLANTS
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BIOCONVERSION
BIODEGRADATION
DESIGN
METHANE
OPERATION
TESTING
ALKANES
CEREALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
DIGESTION
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GRASS
HYDROCARBONS
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
PROCESSING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
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