Conceptual design of anaerobic digestion plant for biogas production by cactus waste

Cactus waste represents an abundant source of biomass that can be used to production of biofuels and bio-fertilizers on a large scale. In this work, the design criteria and conceptual design of an anaerobic digestion plant from cactus waste to generate 1 MWh/year with 80% of efficiently in the bioga...

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Autores: Quintanar Orozco, Eréndira Tonantzin, Augspach, Charles, Beltrán Hernández, Rosa Icela, Jaimes Núñez, Edgar Iván, Vázquez Rodríguez, Gabriela Alejandra, Cornejo Oviedo, Flora María, Coronel Olivares, Claudia, Lucho Constantino, Carlos Alexander
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO
Repositorio:PÄDI Boletín Científico de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería del ICBI
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.uaeh.edu.mx:article/578
Acesso em linha:https://repository.uaeh.edu.mx/revistas/index.php/icbi/article/view/578
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:bio-energy, methane, Opuntia ficus indica, biomass.
bioenergía, metano, biomasa.
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Resumo:Cactus waste represents an abundant source of biomass that can be used to production of biofuels and bio-fertilizers on a large scale. In this work, the design criteria and conceptual design of an anaerobic digestion plant from cactus waste to generate 1 MWh/year with 80% of efficiently in the biogas production. The designing of the biogas plant was performed using Biodigestor-Pro version 3.5 software (AquaLimpia Constructores, Germany) (Moncayo, 2013). The following design criteria were taken into account for development conceptual design: site characteristics, characteristics of the biomass treated, type and layout of the treatment, quantity and quality of biogas, among others. Based on these criteria, the major components of the anaerobic process were sized: storage area and pretreatment of biomass, feed tank, biodigester, drying bed, others. This program was made possible sizing and designing a full-scale system to produce biogas from cactus with a theoretical efficiency in the process of 78.26% and CH4 content biogas from 75.92% at operating temperature of 35 °C.