African Journal of
Environmental Science and Technology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0786
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJEST
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 1126

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Electric energy generation from a floating dome type biogas plant at a ranch in the southeast of Mexico

Jose R. Laines-Canepa
  • Jose R. Laines-Canepa
  • División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Carretera Villahermosa-Cárdena km 0.5, entronque con Bosques de Saloya, 86150, Centro, Tabasco, México.
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Jose M. Pina-Gutierrez
  • Jose M. Pina-Gutierrez
  • División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Carretera Villahermosa-Cárdena km 0.5, entronque con Bosques de Saloya, 86150, Centro, Tabasco, México.
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Jose A. Azamar-Barrios
  • Jose A. Azamar-Barrios
  • Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Mérida. Carretera Antigua a Progresso Km. 6, 97310, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
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Jose A. Sosa-Olivier
  • Jose A. Sosa-Olivier
  • División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Carretera Villahermosa-Cárdena km 0.5, entronque con Bosques de Saloya, 86150, Centro, Tabasco, México.
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Israel Ávila-Lázaro
  • Israel Ávila-Lázaro
  • División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Carretera Villahermosa-Cárdena km 0.5, entronque con Bosques de Saloya, 86150, Centro, Tabasco, México.
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  •  Received: 04 March 2017
  •  Accepted: 16 May 2017
  •  Published: 31 July 2017

Abstract

Ranches of Mexico’s southeast region have an important energetic potential on their organic waste that remains unexploited. The objective of this work is to present the construction and operation of a floating dome “Biodigester” in a ranch located in Jalapa, Tabasco, Mexico, in addition to the analysis of produced biogas and its electric energy generation. The construction was based in the specifications of a Puxin® biogas plant. The biogas was analyzed using infra-red spectrometry with Fourier transforms. Electric energy was generated using an Energetic ® motor-generator. The methane and carbon dioxide percentage at 90 days of hydraulic retention time (HRT) was 51.51 and 29.05%, respectively. The electric energy generation was 3.58 kWhm-3.

 

Key words: Biomass, floating dome, energy, biodigestate, biogas.

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