Energy Gadgets :: Biogas

 Community Biogas Plant

Community type Biogas digester
Community type Biogas utlization
1. Function Cooking, lighting and running engines
2. Specification
  (i) Gas volume 35 m3
  (ii) Gas holder height 1.0 m
  (iii) Inlet/outlet opening 2.0 x 1.2 m
  (iv) Initial dung required 32 to 36 tonnes of cowdung
  (v) Daily loading rate 800 to 900 kg
  (vi) No. of cattle required 80 to 90 animals
3. General Information The community level biogas plant will be constructed in a common place, the feed material will be collected from a group of households and the produced biogas will be distributed to all the beneficiaries.  The size and cost of the plant may vary based on the availability of feed material, requirement of biogas and initial investment.
4. Cost of the unit (approx) Rs. l,50,000/-
5. Cost of operation Rs. l 00/day
6. Salient features
  • Rate of biogas production  :1.5 m3/h
  • No. of hours 5 hp dual fuel engine can run: 14 h
  • Electricity production potential : 40 kWh
  • No. of beneficiaries for Cooking gas  : 40 – 50
     families

Contact us

Professor and Head,
Department of Bio-Energy,
TNAU, Coimbatore-641003.
Phone: 0422-6611276
Email: bioenergy@tnau.ac.in

 

 

 

 

 
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