Determination of Energy Content of the Municipal Solid Waste of Ado – Ekiti Metropolis, Southwest, Nigeria
O. L. Rominiyi *
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Nigeria
O. P. Fapetu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Technology Akure, P.M.B. 703, Ondo State, Nigeria.
J. O. Owolabi
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Nigeria
B. A. Adaramola
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Nigeria
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is a: material discarded as worthless to the city and this has been a serious threat to the eco-system. This can be channeled into a very useful form to generate energy and thereby converting it to wealth. The waste samples were harvested, sorted, sundried, pulverized and sieved using a sieve size of 500 . The moisture content of the constituents of the waste sample was determined. The digital bomb calorimeter (Cal – 2k Eco Calorimeter) was used to test the calorific value of the prepared waste samples. The results indicated that the polythene products waste has the specific energy content of 35,959 kJ/kg while the bones component of the waste sample has 6,994.39 kJ/kg. The mean specific energy content is 17.57 MJ/kg. The total energy content of the MSW generated within the urban metropolis is 4,449,426.14 MJ/day. This implies that when used per day for steam production 51.5 MW of electricity could be generated in Ado-Ekiti.
Keywords: Municipal solid waste (MSW), moisture content, digital bomb calorimeter, calorific value, generate energy