Received 01.05.2023
Revised 10.07.2023
Accepted 29.08.2023
Retrieved from Volume 27, No. 3, 2023
Pages 90 -102
Abstract
The relevance of this study is determined by the fact that over the years the trend of finding new types of raw materials and technologies for their processing into biogas is growing rapidly. Not only people in European countries but all over the world tend towards the advantages of its production. For Ukraine, the development of infrastructure and a detailed study of this industry will later become a necessary stimulus for the reconstruction of the economy in the post-war period. The aim of the work is to analyze the biomass potential of fallen leaves for biogas production, taking into account the possibilities of technological development of this field in Ukraine. Several methods and approaches were used to achieve the goal. In particular, the physicochemical basis of the process of anaerobic fermentation of organic matter to obtain biogas was studied. A mathematical model of the process of obtaining biogas in a reactor from fallen leaves was also developed. And at the very end, the calculation of the economic efficiency of using a biogas plant for utilization of fallen leaves in a bioreactor was carried out. Summarizing the main results, it is possible to highlight the development of the patent-protected design of the bioreactor, the engineering methodology and the mathematical model for calculating the methane tank for the production of biogas from fallen leaves. First of all, the potential of biomass of plant origin for biogas production was analyzed and this led to the conclusion that the use of fallen leaves is a promising direction, but the significant advantages of using the raw material base are ignored. One of the main environmental problems of Ukraine remains the utilization of fallen leaves and other organic matter of plant origin. At the same time, the conducted research produces not only a number of solutions to this issue, but also turns the problem into an economically profitable solution and eliminates all ecologically unjustified processing methods
Keywords:
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