Biomethanation Plant of Choithram Vegetable Market, Indore: A Case Study

Abstract

The major objective of this study is to analyze the technology used in the Biomethanation Plant of Choithram Vegetable market, Indore. The installed capacity of the plant is 20 tons per day of fruits and vegetable wastes, which generates nearly 2400 m³ of Bio-CNG per day. Waste to Energy is perceived as a means to dispose of municipal solid waste, produce energy, recover materials, and free up scarce land that would otherwise have been used for landfill. Bio-CNG is the purified form of Biogas, where all the unwanted gases are removed to the purity of above 95%. A replacement to those exhausting resources can be made by using Bio-CNG. This paper reviews various aspects of Biomethanation technology, various factors affecting the Biogas generation, physical and chemical characteristics of Biogas and various researches adopted in the plant.