Abstract
During the past years, bioethanol and biogas have a significantly development, they are fuels obtained from the fermentation of sugar plants and anaerobic digestion of organic compounds respectively, The major advantage of these biofuels is the reduction of gases Global Warming effect. In this work, two steps were performed: the first was the production of bioethanol from date waste by the fermentation. In the second stage, anaerobic digestion experiments are contucted in four digesters, each with a one litre capacity and a working volume of 600 mL. The digstion pricess takes place at 37°C for a duration of 45 days. To prepare the digesters, 10 g of volatile solids (VS) from the substrate are used. Alkaline pretreatment is employed with NaOH concentrations of 6%, 12%, and 18% (weight/weight, w/w) based on the substrate’s volatile solids (VS). We obtained a yield of 360 mL of bioethanol of 93 ° per 1 kg of date waste. For the anaerobic digestion, the obtained results show that a 12% NaOH is the best concentration with a 1178 mL CH4/gVS.
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