Influence of Inoculums Source and Pretreatment on Biogas Production from Cashew Nut Shells (Anacardium occidentale)

Nikiema, Mahamadi; Sawadogo, Joseph B.; Somda, Marius K.; Maïga, Ynoussa; Mogmenga, Iliassou; Ouattara, Cheik A. T.; Dianou, Dayéri; Traoré, Alfred S.; Ouattara, Aboubakar S.

doi:10.22161/ijeab.66.9

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“…Acidic pH of cashew nut hull (CH) and cashew almond skin (CS) (5.86 and 6.44, respectively), as observed in this study, was this result was reported by Nikiema et al (2020Nikiema et al ( , 2021. These latter found a pH 4.29 and 6.41 for fresh and 8 years-aged cashew nut shells, respectively.…”

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“…These chemical compounds are not suitable for methanogenesis. Previous studies used diverse pretreatments (biological, chemical, enzymatical, physical, silage and thermal) for breaking chemicals and lignocellulosic materials from cashew bagasse and shell (Leitão et al, 2011;Nikiema et al, 2021). However, the results of biogas yield were not satisfactory so far.…”

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“…Recent studies (Nikiema et al, 2020(Nikiema et al, , 2021 also exhibited the ability to degrade CN shells by anaerobic digestion using thermal and biological treatments for fermentation culture. However, the experimental biogas yield was significantly lower than theorical estimation.…”

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Anaerobic co-digestion of agro-industrial cashew nut wastes with organic matters for biogas production: case of cashew nut hull and cashew almond skin

Sawadog,

Barsan,

Nikiema

et al. 2023

Int. J. Bio. Chem. Sci

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The cashew nut wastes (CNW), more released in the environment by cashew nut transforming units, are underused based on bioenergy. This study aimed at evaluating the biogas production by the anaerobic codigestion of CNW with various organic feedstocks. Physicochemical parameters and lower heating value (LHV) of cashew nut hull (CH) and cashew almond skin (CS) were determined. Batch cultures of each waste, supplemented to pig manure (PM), cow dung (CD), fermentation sludge (FS), activated sludge (AS) and Macrotermes bellicosus termite gut homogenate (TGH), were performed in anaerobic and mesophilic conditions. The biogas and methane (CH4) were measured. CNW were acid (pH 5.86-6.44), with 86.80-92.38% volatile solids (VS) and slightly high carbon/nitrogen ratio (31.94-37.79). The LHV was 23.094 MJ/Kg and 18.113 MJ/Kg for CH and CS, respectively. The highest yields were retrieved with the co-digestion PM-CH (189.16 L biogas.kg-1 VS, 130.89 L CH4.kg-1 VS, and 69.2% CH4) and CD-CS (159.85 L biogas.kg-1 VS, 99.58 L CH4.kg1 VS, and 62.3% CH4). Therefore, to boost biogas and biomethane yield, it is necessary to adjust the C/N ratios to the optimal values, and maintain the pH to the neutral, and combine PM and CD as inoculum during the digestion process of CNW.

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