Argentina: Biogas From
Papaya Waste
Buenos Aires - Argentine
researchers have
produced biogas from
papaya (pawpaw)
industrial wastes, a
fruit produced largely
northeast the country,
where there is a canned
papaya company.
A scientific work of the
northeastern National
University UNNE,
headquartered at the
capitals of the
provinces of Chaco and
Corrientes, reports the
anaerobic digestion of
fruit wastes of that
industry was used as
method to generate it.
The researchers are
members of the Group of
Investigation of
Renewable Energies GIDER,
from the Laboratory of
Thermodynamics of the
Faculty of Engineering
of that center, and they
affirm this process
makes possible to
produce the needed fuel
for the boilers where
papaya is processed or
for warming water for
industrial purposes.
They also think that
technique may be applied
to other industrialized
regional fruits, which
would represent a
significant reduction of
the production costs and
at the same time saves
conventional oil.
The additional
advantages of using
papaya wastes for these
purposes consist in its
high percentage of
humidity, easy crushing
and certain degree of
decomposition it already
has, ideal factors to
feed the biodigestor,
one of the researchers
Pablo Martina expressed.
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