Student name:
Radi Taitz, Igor Paker
Department:
Energy Engineering (M.Sc.)
Advisor name:
Dr. SharonGat
2014
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EnergeticsAspectsofMunicipalWasteTreatment:
ARROWECOLOGYplant andBiogasapplications
Motivation
Biological treatment of wet organic municipal waste specifies as
Biogas production
.
Biogas ismainly produced by aprocess known as
AnaerobicDigestion
.
Biogas is
primarilyMethane
(50
÷
65%) and carbondioxide (25-50%).
The high abundance of Methane in the biogas makes it an
attractive fuel
for several
energy applications:
