Current understanding and perspectives on anaerobic digestion in developing countries: Colombia case study

Tavera-Ruiz, C.; Martí-Herrero, Jaime; Menjura, Oscar Andrés Mendieta; Jaimes-Estévez, Jaime; Gauthier‐Maradei, Paola; Azimov, Ulugbek; Escalante, Humberto; Castro, Liliana

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2022.113097

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“…144 Consequently, households in these areas may need to rely on generators or other DES to ensure the continuous operation of DWS during disasters. 145…”

Section: Consideration Of Multifactorial Infrastructure For Weihnmentioning

confidence: 99%

Next generation decentralized water systems: a water-energy-infrastructure-human nexus (WEIHN) approach

Huang,

Zhang,

Ren

et al. 2023

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol.

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“…144 Consequently, households in these areas may need to rely on generators or other DES to ensure the continuous operation of DWS during disasters. 145…”

Section: Consideration Of Multifactorial Infrastructure For Weihnmentioning

confidence: 99%

Next generation decentralized water systems: a water-energy-infrastructure-human nexus (WEIHN) approach

Huang,

Zhang,

Ren

et al. 2023

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol.

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“…Anaerobic fermentation of organic materials produces biogas, and the technologies required to achieve this are renewable, readily available, abundant, and inexpensive. Thousands of biogas plants are operational in many developing countries (Ali et al, 2022;Seyitoglu et al, 2022;Yadav et al, 2022;Tavera-Ruiz et al, 2023). However, the further widespread production and use of biogas is primarily dependent on the availability of cheap/ inexpensive and suitable designs of plants that are constructed by using locally or easily available materials and techniques.…”

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Optimal sizing and technical assessment of a hybrid renewable energy solution for off-grid community center power

Tamoor,

Bhatti,

Hussain

et al. 2023

Front. Energy Res.

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Decentralized energy generation systems based on renewable sources have significant potential to assist in the sustainable development of developing countries. The small-scale integration of hybrid renewable energy systems in off-grid communities has not been thoroughly researched. The primary objective is to develop a preliminary design for a PV/biogas hybrid system that can meet the energy needs of an off-grid community center. A survey was conducted to calculate the energy demands of an off-grid community center and a hybrid renewable system has been designed to supply the electricity. The optimum designed system is evaluated by the PVSYST simulation software and SuperPro Designer software. The annual production of the PV system is 34428 kWh/year, specific production is 1118 kWh/kWp/year, and the performance ratio is 81.72%. All the factors that contribute to energy loss are considered in designing a PV system. The average operating efficiency of the inverter is 92.6%, and global inverter losses are 2752.4 kWh. The biogas simulation findings show an adequate match with the composition of conventional biogas and contains 89.64% methane and 5.99% carbon dioxide content. Two sensitivity analyses of biogas based on hydraulic retention time and moisture content have been performed. Measurements readings of hourly data are used to analyse the performance of PV, biogas system as well as the hybrid system performance. At day time, the maximum power generation of the hybrid PV/Biogas and the maximum load demand of the community at that time are 25.2 kW and 24.31 kW, respectively. At night time, the maximum power generation of the hybrid system and the maximum load demand are 9 kW and 8.3 kW, respectively. The power factor (PF) of the system fluctuates between 0.92 and 0.98 and the frequency of the system is constant at 50 HZ.

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“…In developing countries, anaerobic digestion technology plays an essential role, not only in waste management, but also in responding to energy demand, especially in remote rural areas not connected to the electrical grid. This allows these nations an opportunity to economically supply energy and improve quality of life [ 8 ]. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has supported the development and dissemination of technology in the region.…”

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“…For this reason, the study has not been followed up, so projects were abandoned by users [ 9 ]. Although this technology has been in use for an extensive period in developing countries, a more exhaustive analysis is still required to fully understand the context, challenges, and possibilities from a Latin American perspective [ 8 ].…”

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Wet anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste: experience with long-term pilot plant operation and industrial scale-up

Anaya-Reza,

Altamirano-Corona,

Basurto-García

et al. 2024

Bioprocess Biosyst Eng

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This paper presents the analysis of a pilot anaerobic digestion plant that operates with organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) from a wholesale market and can treat up to 500 kg d−1. The process was monitored for a period of 524 days during which the residue was characterized and the biogas production and methane content were recorded. The organic load rate (OLR) of volatile solids (VS) was 0.89 kg m−3 d−1 and the Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) was 25 d during the process. The yield was 82 Nm3 tons OFMSW−1 biogas, equivalent to 586 Nm3 tons CH4 VS−1. The results obtained in the pilot plant were used to carry out a technical–economic evaluation of a plant that treats 50 tons of OFMSW from wholesale markets. A production of 3769 Nm3 d−1 of biogas and 2080 Nm3 d−1 of methane is estimated, generating 35.1 MWh d−1 when converted to electricity.

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Current understanding and perspectives on anaerobic digestion in developing countries: Colombia case study

Cited by 29 publications

References 75 publications

Next generation decentralized water systems: a water-energy-infrastructure-human nexus (WEIHN) approach

Next generation decentralized water systems: a water-energy-infrastructure-human nexus (WEIHN) approach

Optimal sizing and technical assessment of a hybrid renewable energy solution for off-grid community center power

Wet anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste: experience with long-term pilot plant operation and industrial scale-up

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