Tag Archives: digestion

UBAB Urban Batch Anaerobic Digester

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Bob

An interesting very simple home batch digester design from Open Source Biotecture in Nepal:  (One question: why is the truck inner tube in a barrel with water? What happens to the water when the bag fills and empties?

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Sweet Sorghum

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Bob

Cost-effective renewable bioenergy, electricity, food production and more. SWEET SORGHUM: Fantastic for farmers, fuel, food, and our future. AgriFuels is a next-generation agribusiness and renewable energy project. The project employs a high-yielding, proprietary variety of the powerful energy plant sweet … Continue reading →

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Hybrid Biogas Digester Design

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Bob

Hybrid batch/continuous design a la UC Davis Anaerobic Phased Solids (APS) system. Also described in David House’s Biogas Handbook (©1978).  The idea is to have multiple batch fed hydrolysis tanks and a single larger biogasification reactor that is “semi”-continuously fed … Continue reading →

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ISC Indonesian Superb Cassava

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Bob

ISC Indonesian Superb Cassava Quoting from the linked website, my highlight added: “Our R&D team rides technology’s edge, bringing innovation for high yield cassava harvesting. Established in 2007, PT Bioenergy Bumi Hidayah focused on modern technology cassava cultivation method. Indonesian … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Management of Duckweed Biomass

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Bob

Sustainable Management of Duckweed Biomass Grown for Nutrient Control in Municipal Wastewaters Duckweed molecular formula determination Chemical and elemental composition analysis of the duckweed was carried out by the Utah State University Analytical lab, Logan Utah and Huffman Lab, Colorado … Continue reading →

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Anaerobic Digestion of Food and Green Wastes

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Bob

Characterization of Food and Green Wastes As Feedstock for Anaerobic Digesters Abstract In order to select the proper operating conditions and assess the performance of an anaerobic digester, it is important to analyze the characteristics of an organic feedstock. In … Continue reading →

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