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South African Journal of Science

versión On-line ISSN 1996-7489
versión impresa ISSN 0038-2353

Resumen

MUKUMBA, Patrick; MAKAKA, Golden  y  MAMPHWELI, Sampson. Anaerobic digestion of donkey dung for biogas production. S. Afr. j. sci. [online]. 2016, vol.112, n.7-8, pp.1-4. ISSN 1996-7489.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2016/20160013.

Biogas can provide a solution to some of South Africa's energy needs, especially in rural areas of the Eastern Cape province that have plentiful biogas substrates from donkeys, goats, sheep, cattle and chicken. We investigated the effectiveness of donkey dung for biogas production using a designed and constructed cylindrical field batch biogas digester. The donkey dung was collected from the University of Fort Hare's Honeydale Farm and was analysed for total solids, volatile solids, total alkalinity, calorific value, pH, chemical oxygen demand and ammonium nitrogen. The biogas composition was analysed using a gas analyser. We found that donkey dung produced biogas with an average methane yield of 55% without co-digesting it with other wastes. The results show that donkey dung is an effective substrate for biogas production.

Palabras clave : substrate; hydrolysis; fermentation; acetogenesis; methanogenesis.

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