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Can a household's organic waste alone produce enough methane for its own space heating?
Let's see:
This paper states numbers for organic waste production from 0.14 - 0.32 kg/ person day for developing countries. Elsewhere it is said that the total amount of organic wastes differs little ...
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Which is best for dealing with food waste -- composting or a biogas digester?
Probably best to use an anaerobic digester first.
Carbon dioxide release occurs when compounds containing carbon are oxidised. In conventional aerobic decomposition, this process is relatively direct ...
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What are the Energy Return on Investment (EROI) values like for biogas?
First of all, EROI depends on the calculation method (what is included and excluded), on the production method, and on the used resources. This means that there isn't one uniform EROI for biogas. It ...
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Sustainability of waste incineration vs biofuel/biogas?
I can only answer regarding the actual plant. If food wastes need to be trucked all around Sweden when the incinerator is down the road, the picture may be different.
Biogasification of food wastes, ...
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How can I separate carbon monoxide from wood gas?
If you are going to use wood gas to run a generator, don't bother removing the CO. Burn it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3KipK49v7g is a vid on making a woodgas powered truck.
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How can I separate carbon monoxide from wood gas?
This master's thesis by Dahiru Rufai Ahmed at the university of Oulu provides a comprehensive background into the removal of CO2 from wood gas.
On pages 36-37 it mentions the water-gas shift (WGS) ...
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Biomass: Digestor/Reactor vs Gasifier Efficiency
Your comparing apples to oranges, or rather apple fruits to apple trees. AD (Anaerobic digestion) can only use parts of the plants that a cow could eat - starch, fat, protein and some fibre (...
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What percentage of waste food is turned into electricity and/or biogas?
Any organic material decomposing in a anaerobic or near anaerobic situation will produce methane.
I question your assumption that the source in landfills is mostly food in origin from individuals. ...
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Is it worthwhile to collect leaves that fall in autumn from trees for biogas production?
First, how do we look at the biogas yield of a suvbstrate? We look at the total solids (TS) and volatile solids (VS), and then measure the gas production per VS. TS is the fraction that remains after ...
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Is it worthwhile to collect leaves that fall in autumn from trees for biogas production?
Yes, you could.
Biogas production is heavily depending on outside factors. If you have to haul the matter a significant distance, you may end up with a net loss. Biogas overall is a way to intercept ...
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