Monitoring system of a portable household-scale biodigester
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2022-05
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The ever-increasing amount of waste as the population grows prompted the primary concern
of identifying various methods for reducing the growing amount of waste, in this case,
biowaste. Anaerobic digestion methods, when applied to biomass waste, are a cost-effective
approach to generating energy while also addressing environmental concerns. The few
biodigesters that have been used on the African continent do not live up to their expected
life-span. And this is because of lack of a control mechanism to monitor the degradation
process in the biodigester. Biodigester monitoring systems that have been used mainly in the
developed countries target large bio-energy generating plants. However, these monitoring
solutions cannot be used with small house-hold scale biodigesters because of their
complexity and high cost. In this project, a low-cost monitoring system of a household-scale
biodigester is implemented to help improve the functionality of the biodigesters and in turn
increase their life-span.
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Capstone Project submitted to the Department of Engineering, Ashesi University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, May 2022
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