G'day Paul,
I think the idea has merit, as it reduces the parasitic energy
consumption, cost(?) and maintenance, but I am not sure how well it will
work. What size digester are you talking about? The other difficulty is
that you want your heater below the digester coils to get circulation
and you also want your digester coils to be at the base of the digester
to get convective mixing within the digester.
All the best,
HOOROO
Mr Paul Harris BEng (Ag) (Melbourne)
Visitor at The University of Adelaide
On 15/11/2012 6:33 PM, Paul Muthui wrote:
Good Day All,
I am looking into ways if heating my biogas digester to increase
specific gas yield. I have thought of using a thermosiphon, whereby I
heat my primary liquid and then pass it through coils inside the
digester.
Has anyone done this before and what would be the expected efficiency
of such? Is it an idea worth pursuing?
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*Schutter Energy Ltd.*
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