<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/1672/2025</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>4</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--96-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>&lt;p&gt;Assessment of Biogas Potential of Pineapple Waste in Mono and Co- Digestion with Cow Dung at Ambient Temperature&lt;/p&gt;</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id='aff004'><sup>4</sup><instname>Engineering and Mathematics (UNSTIM)</instname>,<deptname>National School of Technical Education (ENSET)</deptname>, <instaddress>National University of Sciences, Technologies</instaddress>, <instcity>Abomey</instcity>, <instcountry>Benin</instcountry>.</aff><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate></publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.20.1.8</doi><volume>Volume 20</volume><issue>Volume 20</issue><page>90-104</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Meril) processing in Benin&#039;s agri-food industries generates waste with high potential for energy production. The present study assessed the biogas production potential of pineapple cakes and crowns in mono and co-digestion with cow dung. The methodology used is based essentially on the Simplex-Centroid Designs mixing scheme designed in Minitab.19. Anaerobic digestion tests were carried out with seven formulations in triplicate. Temperature, pH and biogas volume were monitored. A predictive model of biogas production according to mixing ratios was developed. Results indicate that digesters operating at mesophilic temperatures ranged from 23°C to 33°C, with an average of 26.5°C±0.33. The best-performing mixture in terms of biogas volume generated contained 50 g cake:50 g cow dung. This resulted in the production of 9.62 liters of biogas/kg of waste. Therefore, it has been established that pineapple waste and cow dung can be used efficiently for biogas production. The results also reveal the importance of maintaining some physico-chemical parameters of the waste mixtures in order to optimize biogas production. The model approximates average biogas production, with an R² correlation coefficient over 80%. In total, pineapple waste can be used to produce biogas. The exploitation of this energy resource in agri-food industries can contribute to the use reduction of conventional energy and fossil fuels.</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Anaerobic</kwd><kwd> Benin</kwd><kwd> Biogas</kwd><kwd> Cow dung, Pineapple-waste</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>