Biogas-Chemical Engineering Department, UET, LAHORE

Utilization of kitchen waste as fuel in Biodigester helps to cater the disposal of waste and in house generation of biogas for cooking and heating purposes. Kitchen waste biogas plant is floating drum type, compact, portable plant. Kitchen waste includes spoilt vegetables, peelings and trimmings, fruit skins and spoilt fruit, cooked and uncooked meat, used teabags, coffee grounds, bread and cooked food waste etc. It is a low manufacturing cost solution to the waste disposal and energy generation. The retention time of waste material is low in comparison with conventional biogas plants. Keeping in view the daily generation rate of kitchen waste the plant can be designed specifically for urban domestic needs.