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The effect of anaerobic co-digestion of poultry manure with lawn grass cuttings was studied to assess the biogas potential at different mixture proportions. The lawn grass cuttings at 18.76, 38.12, 58.11, 78.76, and 100% fractions were mixed with poultry manure based on volatile solids (VS) content. The anaerobic digestion experiments were conducted in 120-mL-reactor bottles at ambient conditions for 60 days. The biogas volume was measured by water displacement method. The reactor bottles were shaken daily before recording the biogas production volume. Biogas production potentials for 60 days were found to be 104.8, 49.8, 52.1, 63.7, 30.6 mL/g VSadded for the lawn grass cuttings proportions 18.76, 38.12, 58.11, 78.76, and 100%, respectively. Co-digestion of poultry manure with lawn grass cuttings of proportion of 18.76% has shown highest biogas production of 104.8 mL/g VS which is 83 and 242% higher than that of mono-digestion of poultry manure and lawn grass cuttings, respectively. This study observed the presence of synergistic effect between lawn grass cuttings and poultry manure during anaerobic digestion.
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The authors wish to thank Department of Biotechnology, Government of India for funding this work (Sanction order No: BT/PR6328/GBD/27/387/2012) and Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, for providing support to carry out present work.
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Sukhesh, M.J., Venkateswara Rao, P. (2019). Investigating the Effect of Anaerobic Co-digestion of Poultry Manure with Lawn Grass Cuttings. In: Kalamdhad, A., Singh, J., Dhamodharan, K. (eds) Advances in Waste Management . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0215-2_24
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