Stoichiometric Analysis of Biogas
Production from Industrial Residues
6
Selvaraju Sivamani, B. S. Naveen Prasad,
Zahrah Abdullah Khalfan Al-Sharji,
Khair Abdulhakeem Musallem Al-Rawas,
Azan Salim Dadin Al-Blowshi, Anas Salim Basheer Al-Yafii,
Mahammad Ali Issa Al-Mashani, and
Humoud Suliman Humoud Al-Mamari
Abstract
A stoichiometric analysis of biogas production by anaerobic digestion from cassava
wastewater, wheat bran, and sewage sludge is proposed. A wide range of methods are
available to study stoichiometry of biochemical reactions. This work reported elemental balances method to solve stoichiometric coefficients in biogas production from
cassava wastewater, wheat bran, and sewage sludge. The method could be employed
for various substrates for biogas production and for other biochemical reactions.
Keywords
Anaerobic digestion · Biogas · Industrial residues · Stoichiometry
6.1
Introduction
Anaerobic digestion is the process of producing biogas from the organic materials
such as animal manure, waste paper, and sewage in the absence of oxygen. In India,
more than three million small-scale biogas plants are available. In addition, in the
Europe Union, biomass could amount to 1545 million tons per year (Igoni et al.
2008). Incorporation of municipal organic wastes such as food to the anaerobic
digestion production helps to raise the amount of produced energy. Also, paper
waste can be an additional source of enhanced biogas production. Anaerobic digestion is a multistep biological and chemical process that is beneficial in not only waste
management but also energy creation (Weiland 2010).
S. Sivamani (*) · B. S. N. Prasad (*) · Z. A. K. Al-Sharji · K. A. M. Al-Rawas ·
A. S. D. Al-Blowshi · A. S. B. Al-Yafii · M. A. I. Al-Mashani ·
H. S. H. Al-Mamari
Chemical Engineering Section, Engineering Department, Salalah College of Technology, Salalah,
Sultanate of Oman
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
N. Srivastava et al. (eds.), Biofuel Production Technologies: Critical Analysis
for Sustainability, Clean Energy Production Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8637-4_6
141
Production from Industrial Residues
6
Selvaraju Sivamani, B. S. Naveen Prasad,
Zahrah Abdullah Khalfan Al-Sharji,
Khair Abdulhakeem Musallem Al-Rawas,
Azan Salim Dadin Al-Blowshi, Anas Salim Basheer Al-Yafii,
Mahammad Ali Issa Al-Mashani, and
Humoud Suliman Humoud Al-Mamari
Abstract
A stoichiometric analysis of biogas production by anaerobic digestion from cassava
wastewater, wheat bran, and sewage sludge is proposed. A wide range of methods are
available to study stoichiometry of biochemical reactions. This work reported elemental balances method to solve stoichiometric coefficients in biogas production from
cassava wastewater, wheat bran, and sewage sludge. The method could be employed
for various substrates for biogas production and for other biochemical reactions.
Keywords
Anaerobic digestion · Biogas · Industrial residues · Stoichiometry
6.1
Introduction
Anaerobic digestion is the process of producing biogas from the organic materials
such as animal manure, waste paper, and sewage in the absence of oxygen. In India,
more than three million small-scale biogas plants are available. In addition, in the
Europe Union, biomass could amount to 1545 million tons per year (Igoni et al.
2008). Incorporation of municipal organic wastes such as food to the anaerobic
digestion production helps to raise the amount of produced energy. Also, paper
waste can be an additional source of enhanced biogas production. Anaerobic digestion is a multistep biological and chemical process that is beneficial in not only waste
management but also energy creation (Weiland 2010).
S. Sivamani (*) · B. S. N. Prasad (*) · Z. A. K. Al-Sharji · K. A. M. Al-Rawas ·
A. S. D. Al-Blowshi · A. S. B. Al-Yafii · M. A. I. Al-Mashani ·
H. S. H. Al-Mamari
Chemical Engineering Section, Engineering Department, Salalah College of Technology, Salalah,
Sultanate of Oman
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
N. Srivastava et al. (eds.), Biofuel Production Technologies: Critical Analysis
for Sustainability, Clean Energy Production Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8637-4_6
141