This material would have about 70 to 80% moisture and some lignin as non-digestible material. It may give about 100 litres biogas per kg. Yours A.D.Karve
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Vianney tumwesige <[email protected]>wrote: > On 10/15/2012 3:55 AM, Anand Karve wrote: > > Dear Mr. Tumwesige, > > just chop up the material and feed it into the biogas plant. Everything > except the lignin would be turned into biogas. We regularly use green > leaves as feedstock. The midribs and veins accumulated in the biogas plant > as undigested debris are removed by opening a drain valve at the bottom of > the biogas plant. > Yours > A.D.Karve > > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Vianney tumwesige <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> I recently visited a floriculture farm which produces about ten different >> crops on the farm, however, there are three main crops i.e.poinsettia, >> begonia and chrysanthemum. >> These 3 crops generate about 2 tons of waste per week, though other crops >> have a small waste content. I have attached pictures of the generated >> waste. The idea is to produce >> biogas from this waste. I have not dealt with floriculture waste, I will >> be glad to get your advise. >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Vianney Tumwesige >> Director - Green Heat (U) Ltd >> P.O. Box 10235 >> Kampala-Uganda >> 256 (0) 71 237 9889 >> www.greenheatinternational.com >> >> "The more people are self sufficient in cooking fuel, the more personal >> and financial freedom they have." - Emma Casson >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> >> >> > > > -- > *** > Dr. A.D. Karve > Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Digestion mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web > pagehttp://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more information about digestion, see > Beginner's Guide to Biogashttp://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/ > and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/ > > Thank you very Dr. Karve. > Do you have an idea of how much gas is produced per 1kg of these > materials? > Regards > > > -- > Vianney Tumwesige > Director - Green Heat (U) Ltd > P.O. Box 10235 > Kampala-Uganda > 256 (0) 71 237 9889www.greenheatinternational.com > > "The more people are self sufficient in cooking fuel, the more personal and > financial freedom they have." - Emma Casson > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > -- *** Dr. A.D. Karve Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)
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