Electricity Generation from Biogas of Poultry Slaughterhouse Biomass in Matelandia - Brazil

Abstract

Brazil has great potential for biomass production. There are several processes to convert biomass into energy, among these is the biological conversion of organic carbon into methane. This work aimed to estimate the production of biogas in a poultry slaughterhouse in Matelandia state of Paraná, Brazil, by the IPCC methodology. The poultry slaughterhouse slaughter 140,000 poultries a day and generates a wastewater FLOW OF 3,360 m 3 .d-1. Electricity consumption by the industry plant is about 3,600 MWh.month-1. The treatment system used in industry is the physical and biological process, and the pre-treatment consists of a static sieve and a flotation equipment, followed by stabilization ponds. Two anaerobic ponds were covered with a geomembrane of High Density Polyethylene and was installed a gas meter to measure the flow rate of biogas production. The biogas generation potential estimated can reduce 3.89% of the electricity consumed.