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Last Updated:  06/19/2008 04:40:42 PM

Biogas is generated when bacteria degrade biological material in the absence of oxygen, in a process known as anaerobic digestion. Since biogas is a mixture of methane (also known as marsh gas or natural gas, CH4) and carbon dioxide it is a renewable fuel produced from waste treatment. Anaerobic digestion is basically a simple process carried out in a number of steps that can use almost any organic material as a substrate - it occurs in digestive systems, marshes, rubbish dumps, septic tanks and the Arctic Tundra. Humans tend to make the process as complicated as possible by trying to improve on nature in complex machines but a simple approach is still possible, as I hope you see in some of the links below. As methane is very hard to compress I see its best use as for stationary fuel, rather than mobile fuel. It takes a lot of energy to compress the gas (this energy is usually just wasted), plus you have the hazard of high pressure. A variable volume storage (flexible bag or floating drum are the two main variants) is much easier and cheaper to arrange than high pressure cylinders, regulators and compressors.

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Beginners Guide to BIOGAS Paul Harris, The University of Adelaide:  Biogas is generated when bacteria degrade biological material in the absence ofIf you are new to biogas/biofuel and anaerobic digestion for waste ...

Biogas:  International tree planting effort to protect and regenerate endangered forest ecosystems and biodiversity by propogation of diverse species, ...

biogas:  Renewables made in Germany gives foreign countries an overview of German renewable energy products and companies. Detailed company presentations and product ...

BIOGAS AND LIQUID BIOFUELS:  referred to as biogas and liquid biofuels. The aim of this conversion process is toBiogas is a well-established fuel for cooking and lighting in a ...

Biogas Bonanza for Third World Development:  The organic materials needed for producing biogas in an anaerobicChina began mass adoption of biogas in 1975 under the slogan “biogas for every ...

Biogas for Overseas Volunteers:  How to make biogas cheaply. Biogas is a fuel which makes you independent of the oil producers. Having a gas-plant feels like having a little oil well in ...

Biogas Optimum use of organic waste:  Austria has achieved a leading position in the use of renewable energy. This portrait gives an overview about renewable energy in Austria.

BIOGAS Paul Harris, The Uni of Adelaide:  BIOGAS. Purpose. This is the beginning of some pages of information designedYou may like to take the "Beginners tour of Biogas", which includes most of ...

Biogas Plant:  bis.gif (1890 bytes). Kazi Abu Mokkarram Fazlul Bari Islamic Education Centre. Biogas PlantIslam~12.jpg (48359 bytes). Biogas is used for daily cooking ...

Biogas Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:  The use of biogas is encouraged in waste management because it does not increaseIn this instance the producer of the biogas can utilise the local gas

Biomass (Biodiesel, Biogas) Energy Science Fair Projects & Experiments:  Biomass (biodiesel, biogas) energy science fair projects: topics, ideas, experiments, resources and sample projects.

Department of Energy > Biogas:  Biogas. When bacteria digest nutrients in an anaerobic environment,Biogas can be used in factory boilers and engine generator sets to produce ...

Energy: Biogas:  "Biogas technology represents one of a number of village-scale"In response to the interest in biogas and other rural energy systems shown by a number ...

Environmental News Bits»Blog Archive » Biogas projects win Ashden:  The digester for producing biogas from food waste is sufficiently compact to be used by urban households, and over 700 are currently in use [technical ...

Environomics:  Environomics, LLC moves the important work of manure and organic waste conversation to energy, guiding facilities in their quest to turn their waste into ...

Haase Energietechnik Gruppe > HAASE Products and Services > Biogas:  Biogas-to-energy with HAASE CHP facilities: Biogas cogeneration plants, biogas boosters, biogas flare stacks.

Manufacturing power from manure | CNET News.com:  Thermophilic and mesophilic digesters produce biogas, which is made ofBiogas can be used on the farm to run equipment that ordinarily consumes propane ...

MREC Anaerobic Digestion and Bio-Gas:  Anaerobic digesters convert the energy stored in organic materials present in manure into biogas. Biogas can be fed directly into a gas-fired combustion ...

Organic Eprints 7041: Biogas plant in Järna:  The Biodynamic Research Institute in Järna developed an on-farm biogas plantThe biogas plant digests dairy cattle manure and organic residues ...

Power Technology GE's Biogas-Fuelled Jenbacher Engines Certified:  Earlier this month, GE's Jenbacher biogas-fueled engines receivedGE's biogas-fueled engines are the second Jenbacher product line to receive ...

Practical Action Biogas:  On-farm biogas plants collect cow dung from adapted cattle sheds, mix it with water and channel it into fermentation pits. The resulting gas is fed directly ...

Renewable Energy Information Wind, Solar, Photovoltaic, Biomass:  Biogas is the product of organic material (solid and/or liquid) decomposition (anaerobicBiogas is produced in large quantities in landfill sites, ...

RenewableEnergyAccess.com | Nepal: Biogas Program Generates:  Renewable Energy Access is the most comprehensive and up-to-date renewable energy news and information network on the Internet. Renewable Energy News ...

Rokai Pig Farm Demonstration Biogas Plant:  The Biogas Plant is based on Folkecenter's Farm Biogas Concept, which means,The biogas plant consists of 3 horizontal digesters in a parallel ...

SERC: Biogas Study:  Biogas is produced when certain bacteria decompose biological matter in anIn the spring of 2002 SERC began a yearlong biogas study funded by the State ...

Step 9: Make Gas from Trash Popular Science:  We’ve been burning “biomass” since the Paleolithic era, when wood fires warmed the cave and slow-roasted the leg of mastodon. Today most biomass energy ...

Texas A&M University Biogas project:  Overview of Biogas Project · Faculty InvolvedBiogas Basics · Project sponsors · Cooperating Agencies Economic Analysis Spreadsheet: ...

The Bromma Biogas Plant, Stockholm Sweden:  The Bromma biogas plant will be continuously evaluated. The first evaluation will be presented in 2001. However, a test plant in Stockholm is evaluated. ...

The Energy Blog: Biogas:  Largest Anerobic Digestor / Biogas Generation Facility Announced. Construction has begun on the world's largest multi-digestor biogas production and gas ...

The Finnish Biogas Association:  The Finnish Biogas Association. The activities of the company are aimed atbiogas and product development, biogas production, recovery and utilisation, ...

The Statesman:  Discussion on this Science & Technology item Disclaimer: These are Internet generated discussion threads for which the The Statesman has no responsibility. ...

Trendsetter-europe:: Heavy biogas vehicles improve air remarkably:  [intro:The environmental benefits of using biogas are most profound when used in heavy vehicles in city traffic. Within Trendsetter, Stockholm has ...

USAID Telling Our Story: Sri Lanka Generating Biogas from Wastewater:  USAID sponsored Dr. Kanagachandran on a technical visit to India to learn about the technology used by Lars Enviro Private Ltd, a subsidiary of the US-based ...

Welcome to the MREC:  The MREC and the WI DATCP -- Department of Ag., Trade and Consumer Projection -- Wisconsin Biogas Development Group have assembled the following list of ...

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