Chemical pretreatment of durian peel for a raw material in the production of renewable energy

Abstract

This research aimed to study optimal conditions of biogas production from durian peel that pre-treatment with chemical and heat in different conditions. The result showed that the carbon content of the sample was soaked with 6% and 9% NaOH solution at 30, 60 and 90 minutes in room temperature were not significantly. For the samples were pre conditioned with NaOH concentrations, the amount of carbon were higher significantly than that of water (p<0.05). For optimum conditions for the production of biogas from durian peels
at 60, 80 and 100 °C, the result found that there were no significant difference of carbon content in sample soaked with 3%, 6% and 9% NaOH solution at 30, 60 and 90 minutes.