Biogas Production Potential from Animal Manure of Bursa Province

Year 2015, Volume: 29 Issue: 2, 0 - 0, 21.08.2015

Aslı Ayhan

Abstract

Agricultural operations and livestock production are among the important economic activities for Turkey. But the great majority of energy demand of the agricultural enterprises is still supplied by conventional energy sources. The environment friendly biogas production which reduces the production costs in agricultural enterprises, is becoming more and more important. Animal manure, energy plants and agricultural organic wastes can be used as sources of biogas in the farms. The aim of this study was to determine the biogas production potential of Bursa for the period of 2008-2014. Chicken waste biogas potential production in 2008 took the first place with 54.612 dam3 and the total potential of biogas in 2014 increased to 129.106 dam3 by 33% compared to 2008. The amount of biogas in the case of 50% and 25% use of the theoretical biogas potential were calculated to be 64.553 and 32.276 dam3 in 2014, respectively. The heat and electrical energy equivalents of the biogas were found to be 2.788 TJ and 271 GWhe, respectively. In the other two scenarios, i,e. for 50% and 25% use of the theoretical biogas potential, heat and electric power values were determined proportionally.