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Development of a pilot-scale biogas plant to utilize biomethane as a transport fuel

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dc.contributor.advisor De Alwis, Ajith
dc.contributor.author Kularatna, MADIC
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-19T00:06:09Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-19T00:06:09Z
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/13979
dc.description.abstract This project was to develop a system to utilize Biomethane as a transport fuel. It was started at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Moratuwa funded by the Ministry of Science and technology. In this project, initially a suitable process was developed to produce biogas utilizing food waste obtained from university canteens and upgraded as a vehicle fuel. Then the pilot-scale biogas plant was designed and construction ofthe building and fabrication of equipments were preceded. Initially laboratory scale experiments were conducted to find out the design parameters such as analysis of food waste, composition for optimum gas production rate, etc. According to that, the total solid content (TS) is 37% and total volatile solid content (TVS) is 23%. The best composition for optimum gas production is 10% solid in the slurry. The pilot-scale biogas plant was operated and produces biogas utilizing food waste and upgraded using a water scrubber to remove C02 and H2S. After that, the cleaned gas, which is having a composition of 85% CEU, was used as a vehicle fuel. For the initial trials, biogas was replaced with LPG in a LPG three-wheeler without any modification to the three- wheeler system and it was successfully operated. According to the emission tests carried out for biogas vehicle fuel, it shows that it is operating environment friendly than gasoline. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Biogas en_US
dc.subject Food Waste en_US
dc.subject Vehicle Fuel en_US
dc.subject Anaerobic Digestion en_US
dc.title Development of a pilot-scale biogas plant to utilize biomethane as a transport fuel en_US
dc.type Thesis-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.degree Master of Science in Chemical & Process Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Chemical & Process Engineering en_US
dc.date.accept 2010-12
dc.identifier.accno 102861 en_US


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