Biovalorization of Banana Waste: Auditing and Improvement of Bio-Methane Production by Fungal Pre-Treatment.

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dc.creatorSalyeem, Emmanuel E.
dc.creatorMshandete, Anthony M.
dc.creatorKivaisi, Amelia K.
dc.date2016-05-18T15:08:51Z
dc.date2016-05-18T15:08:51Z
dc.date2013
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T09:00:32Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T09:00:32Z
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dc.descriptionBananas is an important staple food and cash crop in Tanzania, which generates huge waste quantities, currently underutilized and discarded causing detrimental impact to the environment. However, representsun-tapped bio-resource for bio-valorization into valuable bio-products. A waste audit case study was conducted for four common cultivars, Mshare-Kahuti, Mbwailuma (Matoke), Kisukari-Mshare and Kimalindiat Horticulture Research and Training Institute, Tengeru, Arusha, Tanzania. Wastes quantities generated annually from one hectare were estimated at 57, 99, 64 and 125 tons/year for Mshare-Kahuti, Mbwailuma (Matoke), Kisukari-Mshare and Kimalindi, respectively. Methane yield of various wastes fresh fractions of Mshare-Kahuti (for cooking) and Kisukari-Mshare (for desserts) were investigated in batch anaerobic bioreactors (BAB). The highest methane yields for Mshare-Kahutiof 0.273 and KisukariMshare of 0.255m3 CH4/kg of volatile solids (VS) added were recorded from corm and peels banana waste fractions, respectively. The effect of solid state-fermentation pretreatment of banana wastes with Pleurotus sapidus (P 969) at 10% (wet wt bases) for 7, 14 and 21 incubation days on the extent of methane yield was also investigated in BAB. Maximum methane yields for Mshare-Kahuti and Kisukari-Mshare were 0.96and
dc.identifierSalyeem, E.E., Mshandete, A.M. and Kivaisi, A.K., 2013. Biovalorization of Banana waste: Auditing and improvement of bio-methane production by fungal pre-treatment. Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences (JCBPS), 4(1), p.818.
dc.identifier2249 –1929
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2141
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2141
dc.languageen
dc.titleBiovalorization of Banana Waste: Auditing and Improvement of Bio-Methane Production by Fungal Pre-Treatment.
dc.typeJournal Article

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