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Bio-conversion of water hyacinths into methane gas, part 1
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | McDonald, R. C. Wolverton, B. C. Gordon, J. |
| Copyright Year | 1974 |
| Description | Bio-gas and methane production from the microbial anaerobic decomposition of water hyacinths (Eichhornia crassipes) (Mart) Solms was investigated. These experiments demonstrated the ability of water hyacinths to produce an average of 13.9 ml of methane gas per gram of wet plant weight. This study revealed that sample preparation had no significant effect on bio-gas and/or methane production. Pollution of water hyacinths by two toxic heavy materials, nickel and cadmium, increased the rate of methane production from 51.8 ml/day for non-contaminated plants incubated at 36 C to 81.0 ml/day for Ni-Cd contaminated plants incubated at the same temperature. The methane content of bio-gas evolved from the anaerobic decomposition of Ni-Cd contaminated plants was 91.1 percent as compared to 69.2 percent methane content of bio-gas collected from the fermentation of non-contaminated plants. |
| File Size | 2870998 |
| Page Count | 16 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19750019492 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4tj38x1w |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1974-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Synthane Cadmium Water Splitting Plants Botany Pollution Control Nickel Fermentation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
