Hydrolysis reactor

Influent for the hydrolysis reactor is banana stem waste slurry. The type of reactor is anaerobic batch reactor. Reactor volume is 20 litre. Initial concentration of the biomass in teh reactor is 5000 mg/l which is mixed culture from acclimatized banana plantation soil. Inlet and outlet from this reactor is drawn manually (Scharer et al. 1981; Gavala et al. 2003).

1.2.2 Solid-liquid separator

The second component is solid-liquid separator. The tank volume is 10 litre. The function of this tank is to separate the solid and liquid from CRR effluent. The effluent from CRR will be sediment at the bottom of conical shaped separator tank. Sludge from separator will be recycled back to CRR and the liquid from separator will be transferred to storage tank (Batstone et al. 2002).

1.2.3 Storage tank

The storage tank with 10 litre function as storage for BPR influent.

1.2.4 Biogas Production Reactor (BPR)

BPR with 10 litre volume function as biogas production reactor. This reactor is anaerobic fixed bed reactor and contained plastic media for biomass support. The initial biomass concentration in the reactor is 5000 mg/l which is acclimatized mixed culture from banana plantation soil.