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Item Modelación cinética de la producción de metano en la digestión anaerobia de residuos de frutas generados en una clínica en la ciudad santiago de cali(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2025) Soto Leon, Luka Alexander; Cardenas Talero, Jose Luis (Director)This study evaluated methane production in anaerobic digestion systems from organic waste generated in a restaurant at a clinic in Cali, using two kinetic models: the first-order model and the modified Gompertz model. The main objective was to analyze the predictive capacity of both models based on their fit to experimental data obtained during a biochemical methane potential (BMP) test. The experimental data were processed in Python from hourly pressure measurements, transformed into cumulative methane production. Fit metrics such as the coefficient of determination (R²) and the root mean square error (RMSE) were applied to evaluate the performance of the models. The first-order model showed a better fit (R² = 0.9691), while the modified Gompertz model, although slightly worse, offered a more detailed representation of phases such as lag time. Both models proved to be useful and complementary tools for the kinetic characterization of the process. Furthermore, the results obtained can be used as a basis for the pre-sizing of anaerobic systems, which reinforces their applicability in the design of technologies for sustainable waste treatment and the generation of renewable bioenergy