MATHEMATICAL APPROACH FOR PILOT-SCALE EXPERIMENT SETUP ON BIOGAS PRODUCTION

Adrian Eugen CIOABLĂ; Mădălina IVANOVICI; Gabriela-Alina DUMITREL; Laurențiu-Valentin ORDODI; Delia-Gabriela CĂLINOIU; Gavrilă TRIF-TORDAI; Vasile PODE

doi:10.24193/subbchem.2020.1.19

MATHEMATICAL APPROACH FOR PILOT-SCALE EXPERIMENT SETUP ON BIOGAS PRODUCTION

Authors

Adrian Eugen CIOABLĂ Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 1 Mihai Viteazu blvd., RO-300222, Timisoara, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6261-0064
Mădălina IVANOVICI Politehnica University of Timisoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, RO-300006, Timisoara, Romania; National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, 144 Aurel Paunescu Podeanu str., RO-300569, Timisoara, Romania
Gabriela-Alina DUMITREL Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, 6 Vasile Parvan blvd., RO-300223, Timisoara, Romania. *Corresponding author: alina.dumitrel@upt.ro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2097-5230
Laurențiu-Valentin ORDODI Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, 6 Vasile Parvan blvd., RO-300223, Timisoara, Romania
Delia-Gabriela CĂLINOIU Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Electrical and Power Engineering, 2 Vasile Parvan blvd., RO-300223, Timisoara, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9598-4043
Gavrilă TRIF-TORDAI Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 1 Mihai Viteazu blvd., RO-300222, Timisoara, Romania
Vasile PODE Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, 6 Vasile Parvan blvd., RO-300223, Timisoara, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2020.1.19

Keywords:

biogas production, agricultural biomass, pilot scale, co-digestion, statistics

Abstract

In this work, pilot scale experiments were carried to evaluate the biogas production through anaerobic co-digestion for two different mixtures of feedstock based on agricultural biomass and agricultural waste. The first mixture consisted of degraded row barley and wastewater from treatment plant and the second mixture contained wheat, corn grains and shell sunflower seeds with wastewater from treatment plant. The temperature, pH, pressure and the amount of the produced biogas were daily monitored for 26 days and the results of the two experimental charges were assessed and compared using statistical analysis: the box plot method and summary statistics. The latter feedstock mixture showed a better production of biogas for which the mean value of produced biogas amount is 18.43 m³, whereas the mean value of the biogas generated for the former feedstock mixture was 14.95 m³.

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 65 (LXV), No. 1, March 2020

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2020-03-20

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CIOABLĂ, A. E., IVANOVICI, M., DUMITREL, G.-A., ORDODI, L.-V., CĂLINOIU, D.-G., TRIF-TORDAI, G., & PODE, V. (2020). MATHEMATICAL APPROACH FOR PILOT-SCALE EXPERIMENT SETUP ON BIOGAS PRODUCTION. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 65(1), 245–252. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2020.1.19