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Impact of Nano-Zinc Ferrite on Biogas Production From

Laboratory Scale Anaerobic Reactors
Fatma Y. Hassaneen , Muhammed S. Abdallah , Manar M. Taha ,
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1,3
1,2
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Nashaat Ahmed , Mohamed A. El-Mokhtar , Shereen M. M. Abd
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ElAziz , Mohamed Saad Badary , Nageh K. Allam1
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1 Energy Materials Laboratory, School of Sciences and Engineering, The
American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt; Microbiology
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and Immunology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Asyut University
,Asyut ,Egypt; Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of
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Engineering, Asyut University ,Asyut ,Egypt; Environmental
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department, soil, water and environmental research institute,
Agriculture Research Centre.
Corresponding author: fatmayahya@aucegypt.edu

ABSTRACT

The negative impact of various nano-metal oxides on the process of
anaerobic digestion was investigated over the years. However,
little attention focused on metal ferrites. In this document the influence of
the Zn ferrite nanoparticles (NPs) on the process of anaerobic digestion
was studied. For that objective Zn ferrite NPs were synthesized and
characterized with Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM), X-ray
Diffraction(XRD), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDX) and
Transmission Electron Microscopy(TEM). These NPs were added
individually to three lab-scale biogas reactors and their effect on biogas

production was investigated. These effects were compared to blank
reactors. The gases continuously accumulating in the reactors were
analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively on a daily basis. Noticing the
improvement in biogas production compared to control reactors assured
that metal ferrites enhance the process of anaerobic digestion.

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