The Potential of Agro-industrial Residues for Production of Biogas and Electricity in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorKivaisi, Amelia K.
dc.contributor.authorRubindamayugi, M.S.T.
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-21T14:06:05Z
dc.date.available2016-09-21T14:06:05Z
dc.date.issued1999-02
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0960148196884291en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper gives an overview of the energy demands in Tanzania, and highlights the current serious shortage of electricity. Government strategy to alleviate the problem include exploitation of the country's big natural gas reserves for power generation, and utilization of the renewable energies such as solar, wind and biogas. Important agro-industrial residues with a large potential for anaerobic conversion into biogas and electricity are identified, and their production and locations are described. Tanzania generates a total of 468,100 tonnes organic matter from coffee, sisal, sugar and cereal residues annually. Laboratory scale determinations of methane yields from the residues gave 400 m3 CH4/ton VS of sisal pulp; 400 m3 CH4/ton VS of sisal production wastewater; 650 m3 CH4/ton VS of Robusta coffee solid waste; 730 m3 CH4/ton of Arabica coffee solid waste; 230 m3 CH4/ton VS of sugar filter mat and 450 m3 CH4/ton VS maize bran. Based on these results the estimated total annual potential electricity production from these residues is 1,135 million kWh. The total oil substitution from these residues has been estimated at 0.32 million tonnes crude diesel oil per annum equivalent to 2 % of the total energy consumption in Tanzania. Case studies on the coffee and sisal processing factories indicate that exploitation of the residues for the production of electricity on site these factories is feasible. Utilization of agro-industrial residues for biogas production has a big potential for reduction of environmental pollution. The potential substitution of fossil fuel with biogas represents an annual reduction in the net CO2 emission to the atmosphere of approximately 1.05 million tonnes. By treating the residues in controlled anaerobic systems it is possible to reduce the methane emission by about 189 million m3, and at the same time reduce contamination of surface and ground waters.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKivaisi, A.K. and Rubindamayugi, M.S.T., 1996. The potential of agro-industrial residues for production of biogas and electricity in Tanzania. Renewable Energy, 9(1), pp.917-921.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/0960-1481(96)88429-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4012
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectAgro-industrial residuesen_US
dc.subjectBioenergy potentialen_US
dc.subjectGreen house gases reductionen_US
dc.titleThe Potential of Agro-industrial Residues for Production of Biogas and Electricity in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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