Nigerian researchers develop biogas process for chicken manure and invasive plants

May 3, 2017 |

In Nigeria, researchers developed a process to pre-treat chicken droppings, and then have anaerobic microbes digest the waste and Mexican sunflowers together. Eight kilograms of poultry waste and sunflowers produced more than 3 kg of biogas — more than enough fuel to drive the reaction and have some leftover for other uses such as powering a generator. Also, the researchers say that the residual solids from the process could be applied as fertilizer or soil conditioner. The authors acknowledge funding from Landmark University (Nigeria).

Category: Research

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