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dc.contributor.author | Ali, Rowayda | |
dc.contributor.author | Al-Sa'ed, Rashed | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-06T07:38:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-06T07:38:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-10-20 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ali, R., Al-Sa`ed, R., 2017. Pilot-scale anaerobic digester for enhanced biogas production from poultry manure using a solar water heating system. Int. J. Environ. Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2017.1392766. | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2017.1392766 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11889/5270 | |
dc.description.abstract | A pilot-scale (0.5 m3) anaerobic digester was constructed in a small Palestinian poultry farm. The farm, located in Beit Ur Al Foqa village of Ramallah district, with a total area of 140 m2 and accommodating about 1800 birds every 50 days produces annually about 6.57 tonnes (18 kg/day). The digester was filled with poultry manure and operated to obtain design parameters for a farm-scale biogas plant. The digester contained 20% of poultry manure co-digested with seed materials (70% cow manure and 10% anaerobic sludge) and mixed with the water in (1:1 ratio) to create dry digestion conditions (20% TS). Operated for one year, the feeding sequence of the anaerobic digester was once a day with a loading capacity of the daily produced manure in the farm. A low-cost solar water heating system was installed to enhance the biogas production in the digester under mesophilic process conditions. Poultry manure proved a suitable substrate for the installed biogas digester with total solids: 20%, and C:N ratio: 32:1. Total biogas production was 39.95 m3, and the methane content ranged between 46% and 68%. As substitute to natural gas, the biogas generated (788 MJ) was used for farm heating purposes during the study period. The fresh anaerobically digested slurry showed a nutrient rich fertilizer (NPK ratio of 2:3:3). Sun-drying of digested slurry increased pathogens removal (F. streptococcus) up to 3 log10. Anaerobic digestion of poultry manure constitutes a bio-resource for both energy and nutrients. It is therefore an environmentally sound technology with zero waste emissions. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Faculty of Graduate Studies of Birzeit University, Palestine [grant number wesc1115099] | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.subject | Farm manure in methane production | en_US |
dc.subject | Gas producers | en_US |
dc.subject | Poultry - Manure | en_US |
dc.subject | Sewage - Microbiology | en_US |
dc.subject | Pathogenic microorganisms | en_US |
dc.subject | Solid waste management | en_US |
dc.title | Pilot-scale anaerobic digester for enhanced biogas production from poultry manure using a solar water heating system | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
newfileds.department | Institute of Environmental and Water Studies | en_US |
newfileds.item-access-type | open_access | en_US |
newfileds.thesis-prog | none | en_US |
newfileds.general-subject | Engineering and Technology | الهندسة والتكنولوجيا | en_US |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | other | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
Appears in Collections: | Institute of Environmental and Water Studies |
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