title: Anaerobic digestion of a mixture of cheese whey, poultry waste and cattle dung: a study of the use of adsorbents to improve digester performance.
abstract: This paper-describes the results of a study aimed at improving the efficiency of anaerobic digestion of a mixture of cattle dung, poultry waste and cheese whey at a ratio of 2 : 1 : 3 (w/w on dry weight basis) in terms of total gas production, methane content and process stability by adding various adsorbents. The adsorbents appeared to improve the digester performance, for example about a two-fold enhancement in total gas production with 17% enriched methane content were achieved with the addition of 4 g litre(-1) of silica gel.
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Department of Biosciences, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388 120, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Madamwar