Dear A.D. Making biogas from type 1 or type 2 waste is not ideal. Please see: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22013094/Paper/Summaries/Alternative%20to%20Biodigestion.pdf
Paul On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Anand Karve <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Stovers, > As cooking energy, biogas can easily replace LPG or CNG. Biogas gives a > blue flame without smoke or soot, its flame intensity can be controlled at > will and turning it on or off is as easy as LPG. Our work showed back in > 2003 that dung is not needed for biogas production and that material like > sugar, starch, cellulose, digestible protein and fats can all be used as > feedstock. In our city, waste flour, swept from the floor of a flour mill > is available for about US Cents 10 per kg. 3 kg flour give enough biogas to > replace one kg LPG costing US Cents 80 (subsidised price) or US$1.6 > (unsubsidised price. If you have a few green leafy plants around your > house, or have access to the local vegetable market waste, 10kg fresh green > leaves (available for no cost) would yield enough biogas to replace about 1 > kg LPG. > Yours > A.D.Karve > > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Paul Olivier <[email protected]>wrote: > >> CNN just ran a new clip about the partial lifting of subsidies for >> bottled gas in Egypt - major point of unrest among the Egyptian people. >> Also there is this from Reuters: >> >> http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/01/uk-egypt-gas-idUKBRE93005I20130401 >> >> The price of bottled gas is a huge problem throughout most of the >> developing world. If we can design gasifiers or pyrolyzers that produce a >> gas that can compete with bottled gas, this will have profound economic and >> political consequences. >> >> The first step in making this happen lies in preparing biomass, in all of >> its many forms, into a predictable fuel. >> >> Thanks. >> Paul Olivier >> -- >> Paul A. Olivier PhD >> 26/5 Phu Dong Thien Vuong >> Dalat >> Vietnam >> >> Louisiana telephone: 1-337-447-4124 (rings Vietnam) >> Mobile: 090-694-1573 (in Vietnam) >> Skype address: Xpolivier >> http://www.esrla.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Stoves 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/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org >> >> for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: >> http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/ >> >> >> > > > -- > *** > Dr. A.D. Karve > Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) > > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves 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/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/ > > > -- Paul A. Olivier PhD 26/5 Phu Dong Thien Vuong Dalat Vietnam Louisiana telephone: 1-337-447-4124 (rings Vietnam) Mobile: 090-694-1573 (in Vietnam) Skype address: Xpolivier http://www.esrla.com/
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