Onoff Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Would anyone have a good link to DIY / home biogas production. This for heating and possible generator use. This on the basis of someone having a herd of cows so an infinite manure supply! I'm aware of the Nepalese biogas build details and the one from Mother Earth News. I've seen a small plant for such at one of the zoo's/animal parks. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 My wife makes a broth soup full of lentils and pearl barley, that's all you need and a hose pipe. So come around for some soup, wait about six hours, all the biogas you will ever need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 There was a guy over the other place that paid 50k for a micro bio digester. It never worked. I would look at properly designed commercial shit kit. It is one of those things that works better when larger. They are not fit and forget, they take constant monitoring and fettling, then the depleted waste has to be got rid off. And there are tonnes of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 “He who has a herd of cows to produce the biogas, usually has a field on which to spread the remains” - Ancient bloke proverb by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 5 hours ago, SteamyTea said: I would look at properly designed commercial shit kit. It is one of those things that works better when larger. 3 words of which the meaning escapes me. Have you forgot who you're talking to, "Mr Blue Barrel" here? Do I want fresh sh!t to play with or matured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, Onoff said: Do I want fresh sh!t to play with or matured? Fresh. Matured has already started the process, so the wrong bacteria will be there. Aerobic and anaerobic, you don't want the first sort (I think). I have lost contact with the guy I know that commissioned digestors, but maybe a trip to your local old landfill sight or sewage works may help. They often have a person on site that knows about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 Some light reading: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 Currently researching the subject: Seems chicken manure/litter is better than cow manure. Just so happens the landlady has chickens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 More research underway... Stopping at two, work in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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