Biogas production potential of pungam oil cake.

The use of biomass as an energy source is an issue of great importance, as it constitutes part of an alternative solution for the replacement of fossil fuels. Biomass includes energy obtained from fuel wood, charcoal and energy crop like sugarcane, sweet sorghum, oil seeds like jatropha, pungam, etc., besides agricultural and forestry residues. These resources are utilize to produce heat, steam, biogas, ethanol, biodiesel and electricity. In this paper, studies have been made to study the characteristics of pongamia pinnata oil cake, to study the biogas production potential from pongamia pinnata oil cake. These parameters have been analysed in the laboratory by repeated experiments.