Breitenmoser, Lena and Dhar, Hiya and Gross, Thomas and Bakre, Milan and Huesch, Ragini and Hugi, Christoph and Wintgens, Thomas and Kumar, Rakesh and Kumar, Sunil (2018) Methane potential from municipal biowaste: Insights from six communities in Maharashtra, India. Bioresource Technology, 254. pp. 224-230. ISSN 0960-8524

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Abstract

Anaerobic digestion (AD) of biowaste can generate biogas with methane (CH4) as energy source and contribute to sustainable municipal solid waste management in India. Characteristic municipal biowastes sampled seasonally from household, fruit and vegetable market and agricultural waste collection points in villages, towns and cities in Maharashtra were analysed to assess the potential as substrate for AD. The mean biochemical methane potential (BMP, at 37 °C) across seasons and community sizes was between 200–260, 175–240 and 101–286 NLCH4 kgvs −1 for household, market and agricultural biowaste, respectively. CH4 yields were comparable in villages, towns and cities. Seasonal variations in CH4 yields were observed for market and agricultural biowaste with highest values during pre-monsoon season. Results underpin that municipal biowaste is a suitable substrate for AD in India. However, low purity of available biowaste resulted in lower CH4 yields compared to recent studies using source-segregated biowaste.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Municipal Biowaste; Anaerobic Digestion; Biochemical Methane Potential; Seasonal Variations; India
Subjects:	Solid Waste Treatment & Disposal
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Mr. RK Lohiya
Date Deposited:	20 Feb 2019 10:01
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2019 10:01
URI:	http://neeri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/1155

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