Experimental Investigation of Novel Fixed Dome Type Biogas Plant using Gas Recovery Chamber in Rural Areas of Pakistan

Salman Ahmad, Samia Razzaq, Mirza Abdullah Rehan, Muhammad Ali Hashmi, Shoukat Ali, Muhammad Shurjeel Amjad, Umair Mehmood

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Energy is the lifeblood of modern civilization. Pakistan is facing an acute energy crisis due to dependence on fossil fuels having economical as well as environmental consequences. Biogas is  viable alternative energy source to tackle the problem of this energy crisis in agriculture-based developing countries like Pakistan. The present study is designed to enhance the gas production by using the gas recovery chamber. Gas recovery chamber is a small digester that requires less initial cost compared to two-stage digestion. Moreover, the boost in fermentation time of bacteria in acetogenisis and methanogenisis is about 5 days using the gas recovery chamber. Due to this technique, an increase in 21.5% gas production is achieved as compared to the conventional biogas plant, simultaneously decreasing the payback period of this plant. This recovery chamber utilizes maximum methanogens bacteria for fermentation under climatic conditions of Pakistan. This investigation shows recent improvement in the anaerobic digestion processes that have led to greater biogas production.


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