Enhancing Biogas Production with The Addition of Nano-catalysts

Year 2024, , 643 - 654, 15.05.2024

Fatih Emen , Aslıhan Cesur Turgut , Şevkinaz Doğan

https://doi.org/10.18596/jotcsa.1368040

Abstract

: The province of Burdur is at the forefront of the livestock industry, especially with dairy cattle. it is a necessity for Burdur province to use animal manure, convert it into methane gas, and use it as fuel. In this study, a laboratory-scale biodigester was set up to produce biogas from cattle feces taken from Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Cattle Farm. γ-Fe2O3, meso-Fe2O3, and meso-Co3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized and used as catalysts for biogas production. Structural characterizations of catalysts were carried out via FT-IR and XRD techniques. The TEM was used to investigate particle size distributions and morphology. The average particle sizes of the nanoparticles were determined to be in the range of 20-165 nm. The bio-digester was kept at a constant temperature of 35 °C for 20 days. It has been determined that the obtained biogas has a high methane content of 83–86%. The biogas volume was obtained to be 1.360 L/kg for γ-Fe2O3, 1.390 L/kg for meso-Fe2O3, and 625-1.250 L/kg for Co3O4.

Keywords

Biogas, Cattle Manure, Digester, Methane, hydrothermal method, Fe2O3, Co2O3

Ethical Statement

We (all authors) declare that Ethics Committee Approval is not required for this publication.

Supporting Institution

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Scientific Research Projects Coordinatorship

Project Number

0715-MP-21

Thanks

The authors also would like to thank Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ruken Esra Demirdöğen for her valuable contribution.

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