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Abstract

Renewable energy projects in many developing countries need financial and legal back up from
governments and other supportive bodies. There is a viable alternative to finite energy via usage of
biomass waste a renewable energy source. The electrical energy production analysis on biomass waste
presented in this paper is based on the experimental analysis carried out using the laboratory and pilot
scale bioreactors. Electrical energy generated with oscillatory flow bioreactor (OFBR) was 10.12 kWh or
up to 91% higher than the 10 L lab scale bioreactor (0.9 kWh), demonstrating that the novel OFBR has a
great potential for renewable electricity. Also, the pilot scale plant achieves a value of 12.3 kWh, which
the difference is not quite significant with that of OFBR. These results illustrate that the generation of
the renewable electricity is feasible especially with the OFBR thereby achieving high methane potential
during the treatment of manure and food waste. Nevertheless, energy recoveries should be enhanced to
improve the entire operational performance.