Utilization of "Salvina Molesta" (African payal) for Bio-gas production

Abstract

An investigation on 'Utilization of Salvinia molesta(African Payal) for bio-gas production' was conducted in the Agricultural Engineering Department, College of Horticulture , Kerala Agricultural University, with the objective of standardizing the conditions and identifying the best generator model for optimum gas production from salvinia. From the physical and the gas production characteristic studies, salvinia was recognised as a potential raw material for bio-gas production. For the pilot plant experiments a new design was fabricated and was compared with the adaptive designs of K.V.I.C model, Bhagyalekshmi model, and horizontal type K.A.U model.