Anaerobic digestion using residue of soybean processing: Biogas production and it is potential to generate energy

Abstract

In view of the world's energy scenario, it is important to seek exploration of alternative resources of energy. In Brazil there is great availability of biomass that isn't exploited, as in the food industry. The soybean processing industry has production losses that increase the availability of waste and consequently emitting methane gas into the atmosphere. The use of such waste for clean energy generation is advantageous. The work discusses the evaluation of the biomethane generation through anaerobic digestion (AD) at the laboratory level using the AMPTS II equipment, using soybean processing waste as biomass. From the biogas estimative generation was estimation of theoretical energy generation, it was 19KJ/s.