Estimation of Biogas Production from Euphorbia tirucalli

  Berhe Tadesse Abay,  Weldegebriel Berhie Abrha,  Taddese Girmay Teklehaimanot

Abstract The study was conducted to assess biogas production from euphorbia tirucalli. The highest biogas production was observed in 1:10 Euphorbia tirucalli to water ratio (55.70 liters) when compared with 1:15 (30.97 liter) and 1:20 (18.07 liter) Euphorbia tirucalli to water ratios. Too much water will reduce the rate of biogas production per unit of volume within a certain time. There is highly significance difference among the biogas production from 1:10, 1:15 and 1:20 Euphorbia tirucalli to water ratio. A digital pH meter was used to determine the pH of the slurry. The pH values Euphorbia tirucalli around the neutral condition which was favorable for the growth of important microorganisms to support high biogas production. The temperature of the slurry was found as mesophilic condition suitable for the growth of important microorganism that facilitate the biogas generation. Euphorbia tirucalli is economically very important to produce sufficient amount of biogas to solve energy deficiency of the country and using this material for biogas production has not an impact on the deforestation. Euphorbia tirucalli does not need any chemicals to generate the biogas production.

Keywords- Keywords: Ambient, Biogas, Euphorbia tirucalli, Mesophilic, pH, Slurry, yields

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1704150
Page Number(s) - 918-922
Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 4 | November 2017
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -   
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Berhe Tadesse Abay,  Weldegebriel Berhie Abrha,  Taddese Girmay Teklehaimanot,   "Estimation of Biogas Production from Euphorbia tirucalli", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 4, pp.918-922, November 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1704150.pdf