I used citrus drops in small digesters in Honduras and my experience was that either fresh or moldy the citrus would decrease gas output significantly. Seemed that the moldy more so than the fresh which I attributed to some antibiotic production of the mold.
I have used citrus in Lombriculture and found despite what literatue told me that worms like them and breed elevated rates when citrus drops are included in coffee pulp as compared to just coffee pulp. I also found this is true for Annona, and Guava drops which I attribute to sugar content. On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Tom**** > > ** ** > > We did not hear from Dr AD Karve on this. I wonder if a pure orange peel > diet would affect his small sucrose/starch biogas digester?**** > > ** ** > > Regards**** > > Crispin**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Miles > *Sent:* 24 June 2011 09:40 > *To:* 'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'; [email protected] > *Cc:* 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification'; 'For Discussion > of Anaerobic Digestion' > *Subject:* Re: [Stoves] [biochar] Orange Peels**** > > ** ** > > All,**** > > ** ** > > Many thanks for the all of the generous suggestions regarding orange peels. > We’ll compile them and put them on the websites while we determine what is > most suitable for the particular application in Southern Africa. **** > > ** ** > > I have to admit that when I last looked at a pile of orange peels (in > Brazil) I wasn’t thinking of how they could be used. It certainly looks like > at sufficient scale the limonene may be worth recovering. At smaller scales > management (rotting) or use (briquetting, drying, charring) of the peel also > seems to have potential. Pigs and chickens would also probably recycle the > peel, or make enough of a mess to be incorporated in compost or soil. > Feeding to birds with char is not high on my list unless there is a health > benefit. Usually the object is to increase weight gain my increasing intake > rather than reduce intake with a low density material like char. **** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Tom **** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Digestion mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more information about digestion, see > Beginner's Guide to Biogas > http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/ > and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/ > > > -- "A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to repay with your money." Skype: Joshua.bogart Emial: [email protected]
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