Development of Biogas Burner Stove from Aluminum Alloy Scraps

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Waste associated with scraps from aluminum alloy cans and

containers are on the increase with low recycling capacity in

Nigeria. Equally too, sustainable utilization of methane (from

biogas) generated from bio-waste for household cooking and

heating applications is gaining greater attention currently, due to

environmental concerns from fossil fuel. Recycling of these wastes

would reduce environmental pollution arising from them. In this

work, a single aluminum burner biogas stove was designed,

developed and its performance was evaluated using biogas

generated from a mobile 200 liters’ biogas digester plant at the

Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun, Nigeria. The

aluminum alloy biogas burner was manufactured using sand casting

method. The thermal analysis were conducted for the biogas burner

stove. The biogas digester plant was operated with the co-digestion

of cattle dung and poultry droppings as feed stock in the ratio 1:2

and water substrate ratio of 1:0.5. The system operated at a retention

time of 30 days. The performance of the burner was analyzed and

evaluated. An average of 3.10 seconds flame transmission time for

the burner port-holes with burner stove efficiency of 50%, were

recorded. Also, an average of 0.24 m3

/min methane from biogas

boiled about 1 litres of H2O in approximately 8.5 minutes