Department of Environmental Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, India
Research Article
Production of Methane from Aquatic Weeds and Other Organic Substrates through Anaerobic Digestion under Different Climates
Author(s): Imtiyaz Jahangir Khan*, Hazhar Sami Hajib, Farooq Ahmad Lonec, Imran Khand, Shabir Ahmad Bangrooe and Farooq Ahmad Khan
Biogas is a renewable source of energy, generally a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide which are naturally released
when organic materials including aquatic weeds, agricultural residue, animal waste, food waste etc. decomposes
under anaerobic conditions. The experiment was conducted under two conditions viz. room temperature and poly-
house temperature and included four treatments T1 (Dal weed 100%), T2 (Dal weed+agricultural residue), T3 (Dal
weed+food waste) and T4 (Dal weed+agricultural residue+food waste) with four replications for each treatment and
statistically designed as Completely Randomized Design (CRD) to investigate biogas production. The maximum
methane production was observed in T1 (531.25 mL kg-1) and T4 (436.25 mL kg-1) under poly-house and room
temperature, respectively. However, the increase of pH, TS, VS and total nitrogen caused a correspon.. View more»