Materials List For Anaerobic Digester
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:02 pm
Aloha!
Is it in any way possible to get a materials list for the required parts to build the anaerobic digester? The construction drawing and the accommodating images are very helpful, yet it would be absolutely awesome to have a parts list to go to the local hardware store to get all the required materials. Here on the Big Island of Hawai'i we have all what we need to have year round anaerobic digestion, yet I am always looked at with suspicion and disbelief when I recommend the use of biogas digesters.
Secondly, how difficult would it be to convert the 'One-Barrel-Two-Tanks' system into a 'Two-Barrel-Two-Tanks' version? My concerns are mostly the effluent flow and respective post processing of residual energy/biogas.
Since there is a growing demand in simple digester solutions I started 'Puna Biogas' a company dedicated to educate people about the advantages of decentralized energy extraction. Hawai'i is depending on diesel fuel and propane to provide electricity and gas for cooking, water heating and refrigeration in areas outside the conventional power grid.
Finally a big Thank You/Mahalo Nui for Your great pioneering work. We are looking forward to install the first large scale digester here in the Lava Flow Zone of Kalapana. No heating element required!
Is it in any way possible to get a materials list for the required parts to build the anaerobic digester? The construction drawing and the accommodating images are very helpful, yet it would be absolutely awesome to have a parts list to go to the local hardware store to get all the required materials. Here on the Big Island of Hawai'i we have all what we need to have year round anaerobic digestion, yet I am always looked at with suspicion and disbelief when I recommend the use of biogas digesters.
Secondly, how difficult would it be to convert the 'One-Barrel-Two-Tanks' system into a 'Two-Barrel-Two-Tanks' version? My concerns are mostly the effluent flow and respective post processing of residual energy/biogas.
Since there is a growing demand in simple digester solutions I started 'Puna Biogas' a company dedicated to educate people about the advantages of decentralized energy extraction. Hawai'i is depending on diesel fuel and propane to provide electricity and gas for cooking, water heating and refrigeration in areas outside the conventional power grid.
Finally a big Thank You/Mahalo Nui for Your great pioneering work. We are looking forward to install the first large scale digester here in the Lava Flow Zone of Kalapana. No heating element required!