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Analysis of
biogas production in Turkey utilising three different
materials and two scenarios
Yahya Ulusoy1*, A. Hilal
Ulukardeşler1, Halil Ünal2 and Kamil
Alibaş2
1Uludağ
University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences,
Agricultural Machinery Program, Turkey.
2Uludağ
University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of
Agricultural Machinery, 16059, Bursa, Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
yahyau@uludag.edu.tr.
Tel: +90224 2942370.
Fax: +90 224 2942399.
Accepted 7 September, 2009 |
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It is a reality for many developing countries, such as
Turkey, that a lack of comprehensive evaluation of
agricultural and animal potentials can prevent these sectors
from becoming optimised to its maximum economical
efficiency. Very high input costs, especially for fuel,
fertiliser and electricity, result in decreased production;
in combination with increased production costs, these are
typical reasons for lack of market expansion, with neither
the agricultural sector nor the agricultural industry
functioning efficiently. Therefore, utilisation of
agricultural and animal wastes and biogas, obtained from
fermentation of organic fertiliser, has great future
potential, as removal of these substances can otherwise be a
serious problem. In this study, we evaluated two different
scenarios for biogas and energy production in Turkey: the
utilisation of waste from tomato and pea paste production
and the utilisation of cattle manure.
Key words:
Biogas, agricultural waste, animal waste, tomato waste, pea
waste.
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