@article{ces2015312,
author={{Abdulsalam, Surajudeen and Yusuf, Mustapha},
title={A Kinetic Study of Biogas Produced from Cow and Elephant Dungs Using the Residual Substrate Concentration Approach},
journal={Chemical Engineering and Science},
volume={3},
number={1},
pages={7--11},
year={2015},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ces/3/1/2},
issn={2328-7373},
abstract={Kinetic investigations of biogas produced from Cow dung and Elephant dung were carried out. Three samples tagged: 1 (100% Cow dung), 2 (50% Cow dung and 50% Elephant dung) and 3 (100% Elephant dung) were investigated in prototype batch bio-digesters using anaerobic digestion process. In addition, the kinetic studies of the three samples investigated were carried out. Results obtained revealed that Sample ¡®2¡¯, the co-digestion of Cow and Elephant dung gave the best cumulative biogas production of 3.92*10<SUP>-4</SUP> g/cm<SUP>3</SUP> and average yield of 0.084 5 over a period of 33 days. The kinetic of the process followed a shifting order (0-1); the kinetic parameters obtained can be used to size bio-digester and also monitor the rate of biogas produced. Therefore, the co-digestion of Elephant and Cow dung in equal proportion can be used to increase yield of biogas.},
doi={10.12691/ces-3-1-2}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}