Agricultural And Municipal Organic Wastes For Anaerobic Digestion Strategies For Process Enhancement Of Biogas Production

<p>The present book detailed in seven chapters.</p><p>Chapter 1 presents a brief overview of the need for the anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic wastes and states the scope of research on anaerobic digestion. </p><p>Chapter 2 presents several influencing factors of AD such as temperature pH alkalinity organic loading retention time VFAs substrate composition nutritional requirement and toxic materials like ammonia heavy metals and hydrogen sulfide. The chapter also presents strategies that can be considered for enhancing process performance. </p><p>Chapter 3 presents the preparation of substrates for AD analytical and experimental methods for anaerobic digestion. </p><p>Chapter 4 presents crop residues for AD bio-energy potential and its environmental impact in the Indian context.</p><p>Chapter 5 presents agricultural and municipal organic wastes and their characteristics. Four combinations of organic wastes are chosen based on their characteristics to investigate co-digestion behavior. Co-digestion behavior is evaluated with response surface methodology (RSM) and modified Gompertz model to understand the interactive and kinetic effects respectively. </p><p>Chapter 6 presents the energy and economic prospects of co-digestion for the optimal organic waste mix combinations obtained in</p><p>Chapter 5. The net thermal and electrical energy production along with cost of electrical energy production is presented.</p><p>Chapter 7 presents significant conclusions and perspectives for future research work.</p><p></p>