Bioconversion of Poultry Droppings for Biogas and Algal Production.

Mahadevaswamy, M. and Venkataraman, L. V. (1986) Bioconversion of Poultry Droppings for Biogas and Algal Production. Agricultural Wastes, 18 (2). pp. 93-101.

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Abstract

An integrated system for the bioconversion of poultry droppings for biogas production and utilization of the effluent for the production of the blue-green alga Spirulina platensis was studied. Poultry droppings produced 0.54 m 3 of biogas per kilogram of Total Solids (TS). The 2% TS biogas plant effluent as sole nutrient medium for Spirulina yielded 7-8g dry algae a day. The biomass was harvested by filtration. The sundried algal biomass has been used as a poultry feed component. In economic terms the system appears promising.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	bioconversion, poultry droppings, biogas production, algal biomass
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 16 Nutritive value > 07 Waste utilization
Divisions:	Food Microbiology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2016 11:01
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2016 11:01
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/12141

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