1.

Function

:

Household cooking, lighting and running engines

2.

Specification

:

i. Components

:

digester, and inlet and outlet tanks

ii. Feed material

:

cow dung, pig manure, poultry droppings etc.

iii. Shape of the plant

:

cylindrical

3.

General Information

:

This is a semi-continuous flow plant for producing biogas from cattle waste in domestic level.  This is a fixed dome model.  Main feature of janata design is that the digester and gas holder are the parts of a composite unit made of bricks and cement masonry.  It requires centering for making the dome shaped roof and, skilled and trained mason is a must for the construction. Based on the requirement and availability of feed material, the size of the plant may be fixed suitably.  

4.

Cost of the unit

:

Rs. 10,000 (2 m3 plant)
Rs. 12000 (3 m3 plant)

5.

Cost of operation

:

Rs. 5/day 

6.

Salient features

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Contact us

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