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Biogas is a renewable source of energy which is developed to fulfill the energy needs of the society. Two important aspects of the biogas itself is biogas plant and starter. This research aims to design a mini-sized biogas plant which can be use effectively to produce the alternative energy, and also to examine the difference quality of biogas which is produced from slurry which was given starter and slurry which was not given starter. In this study, a mini-sized biogas plant has been designed, and tested for two different types of slurry. Ratio of cow dung : water : starter of the first slurry is 3 : 2 : 0.003 (The starter which was used in this study is Green Phoskko), and for the second type of slurry, ratio of cow dung : water is 3 : 2, but in this second type, the slurry was not given a starter. Cattle dung used in this study is stored in advance for one week, two weeks, and three weeks, before use. Result of this study showed that the first type of slurry produce biogas in a faster time than the second type of slurry. Also, the amount of gas obtained from the first slurry is more than the second type of slurry. It can be seen from the length of time which is takes to burn the gas produced from the first slurry much longer than the second type of slurry.
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1 DESIGN OF BIOGAS PLANT 1.1 Introduction: Bio-gas Project, LGED Biogas can be obtained from any organic materials after anaerobic fermentation by three main phases. 1.2 Mechanism of biogas fermentation: A) Groups of Biogas microbes- Biogas microbes (Bacteria) Non methane producing Methane producing Fermentative Bacteria Hydrogen-producing acetogenic bacteria B) Groups of microbes involved in the 3 stages of biogas fermentation- 1 st stage: Fermentative bacteria- Hydrolyze & Ferments Organic substance Cellulose decomposing bacteria Saccharides Protein decomposing bacteria Amino acids Fat decomposing bacteria Fatty acids Volatile acids, H 2 & CO 2 Page-1
2 2nd Stage: Hydrogen producing acetogenic bacteria- Decompose the substances produced in 1 st stage Acetic acid, H 2, CO 2 3 rd Stage: Methane producing bacteria- Convert the substances produced in 1 st & 2 nd stage CH 4 & CO Design perameter: A) Selection of materials : B) Total solid (TS) contains calculations of organic materials Organic materials- Solid part : Total solid contained in a certain amount of materials is usually used as the material unit to indicate the biogas- producing rate of the materials. Most favourable TS value desired is 08% Liquid part : As per Annexure-I C) Favourable temperature, P H value & C/N ratio for good fermentation- Temperature: Mesophilic; 20 o c to 35 o c ( Annexure-II). P H value : Neutral P H and ranges 6.8 to 7.2 C/N ration : Ranges from 20:1 to 30:1 ( Annexure- VI ) Page-2
3 Kinds D) Table showing discharge per day, TS value of fresh discharge and water to be added to make favorable TS condition- Body weight Discharge per day TS value of fresh discharge (% by wt.) Water to be added with fresh discharge to make the TS value 8% Human Cow Chicken Pig E) Hydraulic retention time ( HRT)- For Mesophilic digestion where temp. varies from 20 o c to 35 o C and HRT is greater than 20 days. 1.4 Relationship between temperature, HRT & TS value of 8% : 30 O 25 O 15 O TS ±8% Temp. ( o c) HRT (days) Page-3
4 1.5 Cross-section of a digester: Vgs Vc V H V f V S a) Volume of gas collecting chamber = Vc b) Volume of gas storage chamber = Vgs c) Volume of fermentation chamber = V f d) Volume of hydraulic chamber = V H e) Volume of sludge layer = Vs Total volume of digester V =Vc+Vgs+V f +Vs 1.6 Geometrical dimensions of the cylindrical shaped biogas digester body: V 1 S 1 f 1 V 3 R 1 V 2 R 2 H S 2 R D f 2 Page-4
5 1.7 Assumptions: For volume Vc 5% V Vs 15% V Vgs + V f = 80% V Vgs = V H Vgs = 0.5 ( Vgs + V f + Vs ) K Where K = Gas production rate per m 3 digester volume per day. For Bangladesh K = 0.4 m 3 /m 3 d. For geometrical dimensions D= X V 1/3 V 1 = D 3 V 2 = D 3 V 3 = D 3 R 1 = D R 2 = D f 1 = D/5 f 2 = D/8 S 1 = D 2 S 2 = D Volume calculation of digester and hydraulic chamber: A)Volume calculation of digester chamber- Given : 6 cows of body weight 200 Kg each. Temp. = 30 O C (average) Sol n : Let HRT = 40 days ( for temp. 30 O C ) Total discharge = 10 kg X 6 = 60 Kg/day TS of fresh discharge = 60 kg X 0.16 = 9.6 Kg. In 8% concentration of TS ( To make favourable condition ) 8 Kg. Solid = 100 Kg. Influnt 1 Kg. Solid = 100 / 8 Kg influent 9.6 Kg Solid = 100 x 9.6/ 8 = 120 Kg. Influent. Total influent required = 120 Kg. Water to be added to make the discharge 8% concentration of TS =120 Kg - 60 Kg. = 60 Kg. Working volume of digester = Vgs + V f Page-5
6 Vgs + Vf = Q.HRT = 120 Kg/day X 40 days = 4800 Kg. ( 1000 Kg = 1 m 3 ) = 4.8 m 3. From geometrical assumptions: Vgs + V f = 0.80 V Or V= 4.8/0.8 = 6.0 m 3. (Putting value Vgs + Vf = 4.8 m 3 ) & D = V 1/3 = m 2.40 m. Again D H V3 = 4 (Putting V 3 =0.3142D 3 ) D Or, H = = 0. 96m D Say H = 1.00m Now we find from assumption as we know the value of 'D' & 'H' f 1 = D/5 = 2.40 /5 = m f 2 = D/8 = 0.30m R 1 = D = 1.74 m R 2 = D = 2.55 m V 1 = D 3 = m 3 Vc = 0.05V = 0.3 m 3 Now the dimension of digester chamber is kown & drawn below- V 1 =1.143m 3 V 2 V3 R 1 = 1740mm R 2 = 2550mm f 1 =480mm H =1000mm f 2 =300mm D = 2400mm B) Volume calculation of hydraulic chamber- Page-6
7 Vc h 3 h 3 V H h = h 3 +f 1 +H 1 f 1 Vgs h 2 = 800mm H 1 H 1 From assumptions: Vc = 0.05 V = 0.3 m 3 Vgs = 0.50 x (Vgs + V f + Vs) x K ( Where K = Gas production rate per m 3 digeste vol./day ) = 0.5 x 5.7x 0.4 =1.14 m (A) Again, Vgs = 50% of daily gas yield = 0.5 x TS x gas producing rate per Kg TS = 0.5 x ( 60 kg x 0.16 ) x 0.28 m 3 /kg TS ( See Annex- III ) = m (B) From A & B let Vgs = m 3. Vc + Vgs = 0.3 m m 3 = m 3 Again V 1 = [{(Vc + Vgs) - {π D 2 H 1 }/4 ] = [ {3.14 x (2.4) 2 x H 1 }/4] Or, H 1 = 0.110m We have fixed h = 800 mm water volume ( I mm = 10 N/ m 2 ) h = h 3 + f 1 + H 1 Or, h 3 = 0.210m. Again we know that Vgs = V H Or, m 3 = 3.14 x (D H ) 2 x h 3 /4 Or, D H = 2.85m Page-7
8 Now we know the dimension of hydraulic chamber. Moreover keeping h = 800 mm, we can choose or re-arrange the dimension considering availability of site and construction suitability. For most suitable dimensions we can select the drawing of Annexure- IX for 60 Kg cow dung per day as raw material. Note: For ready reference 4 family type Biogas plant's drawing is shown(standared dimension's) in Annexure-VIII, Annexure-IX, Annexure-X & Annexure-X1 where 40 Kg, 60Kg, 80Kg and 100Kg cow dung is considered as raw marterial per day respectively. If bigger size plant is required,it can be designed keeping all safety considerations in design and construction. Annexure- 1 TABLE-1: THE TOTAL SOLID CONTENT OF COMMON FERMENTATION MATERIALS IN RURALAREAS (APPROXIMATELY) Materials Dry matter content (%) Water content (%) Dry rice straw Dry wheat straw Corn stalks Green grass Human excrement Pig excrement Cattle excrement Human Urine Pig Urine Cattle Urine Annexure-II TABLE-2: BIOGAS-PRODUCING RATES OF SOME COMMON FERMENTATION MATERIALS ATDIFFERENT TEMPERATURES (m 3 /Kg TS ) Materials Medium temperature (35 o C) Pig manure Cattle dung Human wastes Rice straw Ordinary temperature (8 o 25 o C ) Page-8
9 Wheat straw Green grass Experimental conditions:- The fermentation period of the excrement materials lasts 60 days and that of the stalk type lasts 90 days. The fermentation material concentration ( total solid content ) is 6%. TABLE-3: BIOGAS PRODUCING RATES OF SOME FERMENTATION MATERIALS AND THEIR MAIN CHEMICAL COMPONENTS. Materials and their main components Yield of Biogas m 3 /kg TS Methane content ( % ) Animal barnyard manure Pig manure Horse droppings Green grass Flax straw Wheat straw Leaves Sludge Brewery liquid waste Carbohydrate Liquid Protein Annexure- III Annexure- IV TABLE-4 BIOGAS- PRODUCING RATES OF SEVERAL SUBSTANCES Material YpCMDV (m 3 /m 3 d) YpKgM (m 3 /KgTS ) Amount of biogas produced in a period of time ( as a % of the total yield) 0 ~15 (d) 15 ~ 45 (d) 45 ~ 75(d) 75 ~ 13 (d) Page-9
10 Water Hyacinth Alligator Weed Water Lettuces Cattle Dung Pig Manure Human Wastes Dry Grass Rice Straw Note: - The fermenting temperature is 30 o C. It is batch-fed fermentation. YpCMDV refers to the average yield of biogas per cubic meter of the digester volume during the period of normal fermentation ( m 3 / m 3 d) YpkgM refers to the yield of biogas per kilogram of the fermentation material (m 3 /kg TS) Annexure-V TABLE-5 : THE SPEED OF BIOGAS PRODUCTION WITH COMMON FERMENTATION MATERIALS. Speed Amount of biogas produced in a period of time (expressed as a percentage of the total yield of biogas) Time(d ) Materials Human wastes Pig manure Green grass Cattle dung Wheat straw * * ** * * ** ** * * ** * ** ** Biogas Producing rate (m 3 /kg TS ) * Biogas production is at the highest speed. ** Amount of Biogas produced to more than 90% of the total yield of a fermentation period. Experimental conditions: - Fermenting temperature 35 o C, the total length of fermentation period being Page-10
11 60 days for the excrement material and 90 days for the stalk type, the materials concentration; total solid content of the fermentative fluid being 6%. ANNEXURE- VI TABLE -6. CARBON-NITROGEN RATIOS OF SOME COMMON FERMENTATION MATERIALS (APPROX.) Material Carbon content of material (%) Nitrogen content of materials(%) Carbonnitrogen ration (C/N) Dry wheat straw :1 Dry rice straw :1 Corn stalks :1 Fallen leaves :1 Soybean stalks :1 Wild grass :1 Peanut stems and :1 leaves Fresh sheep :1 droppings Fresh cattle dung :1 Fresh horse :1 droppings Fresh pig manure :1 Fresh human wastes :1 ANNEXURE- VII TABLE-7 AMOUNT OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL WASTES DISCHARGED PER DAY ( APPROX.) Kinds Body weight Daily amount of excrement Daily amount of urine Annual amount of excrement discharged Annual amount of excrement collection Daily yield of biogas per capita (m3) Pig Ox Horse Sheep Chicke n Huma n Page-11
12 Note: The annual amount of excrements collected accounts for 80% of that discharge. Page-12
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Biogas is the mixture of gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. Biogas can be produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste or food waste. Biogas is a renewable energy source.
Biogas is produced by anaerobic digestion with methanogen or anaerobic organisms, which digest material inside a closed system, or fermentation of biodegradable materials.[1] This closed system is called an anaerobic digester, biodigester or a bioreactor.[2]
Biogas is primarily methane (CH
4) and carbon dioxide (CO
2) and may have small amounts of hydrogen sulfide (H
2S), moisture and siloxanes. The gases methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide (CO) can be combusted or oxidized with oxygen. This energy release allows biogas to be used as a fuel; it can be used for any heating purpose, such as cooking. It can also be used in a gas engine to convert the energy in the gas into electricity and heat.[3]
Biogas can be compressed, the same way as natural gas is compressed to CNG, and used to power motor vehicles. In the United Kingdom, for example, biogas is estimated to have the potential to replace around 17% of vehicle fuel.[4] It qualifies for renewable energy subsidies in some parts of the world. Biogas can be cleaned and upgraded to natural gas standards, when it becomes bio-methane. Biogas is considered to be a renewable resource because its production-and-use cycle is continuous, and it generates no net carbon dioxide. As the organic material grows, it is converted and used. It then regrows in a continually repeating cycle. From a carbon perspective, as much carbon dioxide is absorbed from the atmosphere in the growth of the primary bio-resource as is released, when the material is ultimately converted to energy.
- 1Production
- 2Landfill gas
- 5Applications
- 6Legislation
- 7Global developments
Production[edit]
The biogas is a renewable energy that can be used for heating, electricity, and many other operations that use a reciprocating internal combustion engine, such as GE Jenbacher or Caterpillar gas engines.[5] To provide these internal combustion engines with biogas having ample gas pressure to optimize combustion, within the European Union ATEX centrifugal fan units built in accordance with the European directive 2014/34/EU (previously 94/9/EG) are obligatory. These centrifugal fan units, for example Combimac, Meidinger AG or Witt & Sohn AG are suitable for use in Zone 1 and 2 .
Other internal combustion engines such as gas turbines are suitable for the conversion of biogas into both electricity and heat. The digestate is the remaining inorganic matter that was not transformed into biogas. It can be used as an agricultural fertiliser.
Biogas is produced either;
- As landfill gas (LFG), which is produced by the breakdown of biodegradable waste inside a landfill due to chemical reactions and microbes, or
- As digested gas, produced inside an anaerobic digester.
Projects such as NANOCLEAN are nowadays developing new ways to produce biogas more efficiently, using iron oxide nanoparticles in the processes of organic waste treatment. This process can triple the production of biogas.[6]
Biogas plants[edit]
A biogas plant is the name often given to an anaerobic digester that treats farm wastes or energy crops. It can be produced using anaerobic digesters (air-tight tanks with different configurations). These plants can be fed with energy crops such as maize silage or biodegradable wastes including sewage sludge and food waste. During the process, the micro-organisms transform biomass waste into biogas (mainly methane and carbon dioxide) and digestate. Higher quantity of biogas could be produced when the wastewater is co-fermented with other residual from dairy industry, sugar industry, brewery industry. For example, while mixing 90% of wastewater from beer factory with 10% cow whey, the production of biogas is increased by 2.5 times compared to the biogas produced by wastewater from beer factory only.[7]
Key processes[edit]
There are two key processes: mesophilic and thermophilic digestion which is dependent on temperature. In experimental work at University of Alaska Fairbanks, a 1000-litre digester using psychrophiles harvested from 'mud from a frozen lake in Alaska' has produced 200–300 liters of methane per day, about 20%–30% of the output from digesters in warmer climates.[8]
Dangers[edit]
The air pollution produced by biogas is similar to that of natural gas. The content of toxic hydrogen sulfide presents additional risks and has been responsible for serious accidents[9]. Leaks of unburned methane are an additional risk, because methane is a potent greenhouse gas.
Biogas can be explosive when mixed in the ratio of one part biogas to 8–20 parts air. Special safety precautions have to be taken for entering an empty biogas digester for maintenance work. It is important that a biogas system never has negative pressure as this could cause an explosion. Negative gas pressure can occur if too much gas is removed or leaked; Because of this biogas should not be used at pressures below one column inch of water, measured by a pressure gauge.
Frequent smell checks must be performed on a biogas system. If biogas is smelled anywhere windows and doors should be opened immediately. If there is a fire the gas should be shut off at the gate valve of the biogas system.[10]
Landfill gas[edit]
Landfill gas is produced by wet organic waste decomposing under anaerobic conditions in a biogas.[11][12]
The waste is covered and mechanically compressed by the weight of the material that is deposited above. This material prevents oxygen exposure thus allowing anaerobic microbes to thrive. Biogas builds up and is slowly released into the atmosphere if the site has not been engineered to capture the gas. Landfill gas released in an uncontrolled way can be hazardous since it can become explosive when it escapes from the landfill and mixes with oxygen. The lower explosive limit is 5% methane and the upper is 15% methane.[13]
The methane in biogas is 28[14] times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Therefore, uncontained landfill gas, which escapes into the atmosphere may significantly contribute to the effects of global warming. In addition, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in landfill gas contribute to the formation of photochemical smog.
Technical[edit]
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is a measure of the amount of oxygen required by aerobic micro-organisms to decompose the organic matter in a sample of material being used in the biodigester as well as the BOD for the liquid discharge allows for the calculation of the daily energy output from a biodigester.
Another term related to biodigesters is effluent dirtiness, which tells how much organic material there is per unit of biogas source. Typical units for this measure are in mg BOD/litre. As an example, effluent dirtiness can range between 800–1200 mg BOD/litre in Panama.[citation needed]
From 1 kg of decommissioned kitchen bio-waste, 0.45 m³ of biogas can be obtained. The price for collecting biological waste from households is approximately €70 per ton.[15]
Composition[edit]
Compound | Formula | % |
---|---|---|
Methane | CH 4 | 50–75 |
Carbon dioxide | CO 2 | 25–50 |
Nitrogen | N 2 | 0–10 |
Hydrogen | H 2 | 0–1 |
Hydrogen sulfide | H 2S | 0.1 –0.5 |
Oxygen | O 2 | 0–0.5 |
Source: www.kolumbus.fi, 2007[16] |
The composition of biogas varies depending upon the substrate composition, as well as the conditions within the anaerobic reactor (temperature, pH, and substrate concentration).[17]Landfill gas typically has methane concentrations around 50%. Advanced waste treatment technologies can produce biogas with 55%–75% methane,[18] which for reactors with free liquids can be increased to 80%–90% methane using in-situ gas purification techniques.[19] As produced, biogas contains water vapor. The fractional volume of water vapor is a function of biogas temperature; correction of measured gas volume for water vapour content and thermal expansion is easily done via simple mathematics[20] which yields the standardized volume of dry biogas.
In some cases, biogas contains siloxanes. They are formed from the anaerobic decomposition of materials commonly found in soaps and detergents. During combustion of biogas containing siloxanes, silicon is released and can combine with free oxygen or other elements in the combustion gas. Deposits are formed containing mostly silica (SiO
2) or silicates (Si
xO
y) and can contain calcium, sulfur, zinc, phosphorus. Such white mineral deposits accumulate to a surface thickness of several millimeters and must be removed by chemical or mechanical means.
Practical and cost-effective technologies to remove siloxanes and other biogas contaminants are available.[21]
For 1000 kg (wet weight) of input to a typical biodigester, total solids may be 30% of the wet weight while volatile suspended solids may be 90% of the total solids. Protein would be 20% of the volatile solids, carbohydrates would be 70% of the volatile solids, and finally fats would be 10% of the volatile solids.
Benefits of manure derived biogas[edit]
High levels of methane are produced when manure is stored under anaerobic conditions. During storage and when manure has been applied to the land, nitrous oxide is also produced as a byproduct of the denitrification process. Nitrous oxide (N2O) is 320 times more aggressive as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide[22] and methane 25 times more than carbon dioxide.[23][check quotation syntax]By converting cow manure into methane biogas via anaerobic digestion, the millions of cattle in the United States would be able to produce 100 billion kiloWatt hours of electricity, enough to power millions of homes across the United States. In fact, one cow can produce enough manure in one day to generate 3 kiloWatt hours of electricity; only 2.4 kiloWatt hours of electricity are needed to power a single 100-Watt light bulb for one day.[24] Furthermore, by converting cattle manure into methane biogas instead of letting it decompose, global warming gases could be reduced by 99 million metric tons or 4%.[25]
Applications[edit]
Biogas can be used for electricity production on sewage works,[26] in a CHPgas engine, where the waste heat from the engine is conveniently used for heating the digester; cooking; space heating; water heating; and process heating. If compressed, it can replace compressed natural gas for use in vehicles, where it can fuel an internal combustion engine or fuel cells and is a much more effective displacer of carbon dioxide than the normal use in on-site CHP plants.[26] Judge dredd comic.
Biogas upgrading[edit]
Raw biogas produced from digestion is roughly 60% methane and 29% CO
2 with trace elements of H
2S: inadequate for use in machinery. The corrosive nature of H
2S alone is enough to destroy the mechanisms.[27][28]
Methane in biogas can be concentrated via a biogas upgrader to the same standards as fossil natural gas, which itself has to go through a cleaning process, and becomes biomethane. If the local gas network allows, the producer of the biogas may use their distribution networks. Gas must be very clean to reach pipeline quality and must be of the correct composition for the distribution network to accept. Carbon dioxide, water, hydrogen sulfide, and particulates must be removed if present.[27]
There are four main methods of upgrading: water washing, pressure swing absorption, selexol absorption, and amine gas treating.[29] In addition to these, the use of membrane separation technology for biogas upgrading is increasing, and there are already several plants operating in Europe and USA.[27][30]
The most prevalent method is water washing where high pressure gas flows into a column where the carbon dioxide and other trace elements are scrubbed by cascading water running counter-flow to the gas. This arrangement could deliver 98% methane with manufacturers guaranteeing maximum 2% methane loss in the system. It takes roughly between 3% and 6% of the total energy output in gas to run a biogas upgrading system.
Biogas gas-grid injection[edit]
Gas-grid injection is the injection of biogas into the methane grid (natural gas grid). Until the breakthrough of micro combined heat and power two-thirds of all the energy produced by biogas power plants was lost (as heat). Using the grid to transport the gas to customers, the energy can be used for on-site generation,[31] resulting in a reduction of losses in the transportation of energy. Typical energy losses in natural gas transmission systems range from 1% to 2%; in electricity transmission they range from 5% to 8%.[32]
Before being injected in the gas grid, biogas passes a cleaning process, during which it is upgraded to natural gas quality. During the cleaning process trace components harmful to the gas grid and the final users are removed.[33]
Biogas in transport[edit]
If concentrated and compressed, it can be used in vehicle transportation. Compressed biogas is becoming widely used in Sweden, Switzerland, and Germany. A biogas-powered train, named Biogaståget Amanda (The Biogas Train Amanda), has been in service in Sweden since 2005.[34][35] Biogas powers automobiles. In 1974, a British documentary film titled Sweet as a Nut detailed the biogas production process from pig manure and showed how it fueled a custom-adapted combustion engine.[36][37] In 2007, an estimated 12,000 vehicles were being fueled with upgraded biogas worldwide, mostly in Europe.[38]
Biogas is part of the wet gas and condensing gas (or air) category that includes mist or fog in the gas stream. The mist or fog is predominately water vapor that condenses on the sides of pipes or stacks throughout the gas flow. Biogas environments include wastewater digesters, landfills, and animal feeding operations (covered livestock lagoons).
Ultrasonic flow meters are one of the few devices capable of measuring in a biogas atmosphere. Most of thermal flow meters are unable to provide reliable data because the moisture causes steady high flow readings and continuous flow spiking, although there are single-point insertion thermal mass flow meters capable of accurately monitoring biogas flows with minimal pressure drop. They can handle moisture variations that occur in the flow stream because of daily and seasonal temperature fluctuations, and account for the moisture in the flow stream to produce a dry gas value.
Biogas generated heat/electricity[edit]
Biogas can be used as the fuel in the system of producing biogas from agricultural wastes and co-generating heat and electricity in a combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Unlike the other green energy such as wind and solar, the biogas can be quickly accessed on demand. The global warming potential can also be greatly reduced when using biogas as the fuel instead of fossil fuel.[39]
However, the acidification[disambiguation needed] and eutrophication potentials produced by biogas are 25 and 12 times higher respectively than fossil fuel alternatives. This impact can be reduced by using correct combination of feedstocks, covered storage for digesters and improved techniques for retrieving escaped material. Overall, the results still suggest that using biogas can lead to significant reduction in most impacts compared to fossil fuel alternative. The balance between environmental damage and green house gas emission should still be considered while implicating the system.[40]
Legislation[edit]
European Union[edit]
The European Union has legislation regarding waste management and landfill sites called the Landfill Directive.
Countries such as the United Kingdom and Germany now have legislation in force that provides farmers with long-term revenue and energy security.[41]
United States[edit]
Biogas Plant Information
The United States legislates against landfill gas as it contains VOCs. The United States Clean Air Act and Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) requires landfill owners to estimate the quantity of non-methane organic compounds (NMOCs) emitted. If the estimated NMOC emissions exceeds 50 tonnes per year, the landfill owner is required to collect the gas and treat it to remove the entrained NMOCs. That usually means burning it.Because of the remoteness of landfill sites, it is sometimes not economically feasible to produce electricity from the gas.
Global developments[edit]
United States[edit]
With the many benefits of biogas, it is starting to become a popular source of energy and is starting to be used in the United States more. In 2003, the United States consumed 147 trillion BTU of energy from 'landfill gas', about 0.6% of the total U.S. natural gas consumption.[38] Methane biogas derived from cow manure is being tested in the U.S. According to a 2008 study, collected by the Science and Children magazine, methane biogas from cow manure would be sufficient to produce 100 billion kilowatt hours enough to power millions of homes across America. Furthermore, methane biogas has been tested to prove that it can reduce 99 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions or about 4% of the greenhouse gases produced by the United States.[42]
In Vermont, for example, biogas generated on dairy farms was included in the CVPS Cow Power program. The program was originally offered by Central Vermont Public Service Corporation as a voluntary tariff and now with a recent merger with Green Mountain Power is now the GMP Cow Power Program. Customers can elect to pay a premium on their electric bill, and that premium is passed directly to the farms in the program. In Sheldon, Vermont, Green Mountain Dairy has provided renewable energy as part of the Cow Power program. It started when the brothers who own the farm, Bill and Brian Rowell, wanted to address some of the manure management challenges faced by dairy farms, including manure odor, and nutrient availability for the crops they need to grow to feed the animals. They installed an anaerobic digester to process the cow and milking center waste from their 950 cows to produce renewable energy, a bedding to replace sawdust, and a plant-friendly fertilizer. The energy and environmental attributes are sold to the GMP Cow Power program. On average, the system run by the Rowells produces enough electricity to power 300 to 350 other homes. The generator capacity is about 300 kilowatts.[43]
In Hereford, Texas, cow manure is being used to power an ethanol power plant. By switching to methane biogas, the ethanol power plant has saved 1000 barrels of oil a day. Over all, the power plant has reduced transportation costs and will be opening many more jobs for future power plants that will rely on biogas.[44]
In Oakley, Kansas, an ethanol plant considered to be one of the largest biogas facilities in North America is using Integrated Manure Utilization System 'IMUS' to produce heat for its boilers by utilizing feedlot manure, municipal organics and ethanol plant waste. At full capacity the plant is expected to replace 90% of the fossil fuel used in the manufacturing process of ethanol and methanol.[45][46]
Europe[edit]
The level of development varies greatly in Europe. While countries such as Germany, Austria and Sweden are fairly advanced in their use of biogas, there is a vast potential for this renewable energy source in the rest of the continent, especially in Eastern Europe. Different legal frameworks, education schemes and the availability of technology are among the prime reasons behind this untapped potential.[47] Another challenge for the further progression of biogas has been negative public perception.[48]
In February 2009, the European Biogas Association (EBA) was founded in Brussels as a non-profit organisation to promote the deployment of sustainable biogas production and use in Europe. EBA's strategy defines three priorities: establish biogas as an important part of Europe’s energy mix, promote source separation of household waste to increase the gas potential, and support the production of biomethane as vehicle fuel. In July 2013, it had 60 members from 24 countries across Europe.[49]
UK[edit]
As of September 2013, there are about 130 non-sewage biogas plants in the UK. Most are on-farm, and some larger facilities exist off-farm, which are taking food and consumer wastes.[50]
On 5 October 2010, biogas was injected into the UK gas grid for the first time. Sewage from over 30,000 Oxfordshire homes is sent to Didcot sewage treatment works, where it is treated in an anaerobic digestor to produce biogas, which is then cleaned to provide gas for approximately 200 homes.[51]
In 2015 the Green-Energy company Ecotricity announced their plans to build three grid-injecting digesters.”
Italy[edit]
As of September 2018, in Italy there are more than 200 biogas plants with a production of about 1.2GW[52][53][54]
Germany[edit]
Germany is Europe's biggest biogas producer[55] and the market leader in biogas technology.[56] In 2010 there were 5,905 biogas plants operating throughout the country: Lower Saxony, Bavaria, and the eastern federal states are the main regions.[57] Most of these plants are employed as power plants. Usually the biogas plants are directly connected with a CHP which produces electric power by burning the bio methane. The electrical power is then fed into the public power grid.[58] In 2010, the total installed electrical capacity of these power plants was 2,291 MW.[57] The electricity supply was approximately 12.8 TWh, which is 12.6% of the total generated renewable electricity.[59]
Biogas in Germany is primarily extracted by the co-fermentation of energy crops (called 'NawaRo', an abbreviation of nachwachsende Rohstoffe, German for renewable resources) mixed with manure. The main crop used is corn. Organic waste and industrial and agricultural residues such as waste from the food industry are also used for biogas generation.[60] In this respect, biogas production in Germany differs significantly from the UK, where biogas generated from landfill sites is most common.[55]
Biogas production in Germany has developed rapidly over the last 20 years. The main reason is the legally created frameworks. Government support of renewable energy started in 1991 with the Electricity Feed-in Act (StrEG). This law guaranteed the producers of energy from renewable sources the feed into the public power grid, thus the power companies were forced to take all produced energy from independent private producers of green energy.[61] In 2000 the Electricity Feed-in Act was replaced by the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). This law even guaranteed a fixed compensation for the produced electric power over 20 years. The amount of around 8¢/kWh gave farmers the opportunity to become energy suppliers and gain a further source of income.[60]
The German agricultural biogas production was given a further push in 2004 by implementing the so-called NawaRo-Bonus. This is a special payment given for the use of renewable resources, that is, energy crops.[62] In 2007 the German government stressed its intention to invest further effort and support in improving the renewable energy supply to provide an answer on growing climate challenges and increasing oil prices by the ‘Integrated Climate and Energy Programme’.
This continual trend of renewable energy promotion induces a number of challenges facing the management and organisation of renewable energy supply that has also several impacts on the biogas production.[63] The first challenge to be noticed is the high area-consuming of the biogas electric power supply. In 2011 energy crops for biogas production consumed an area of circa 800,000 ha in Germany.[64] This high demand of agricultural areas generates new competitions with the food industries that did not exist hitherto. Moreover, new industries and markets were created in predominately rural regions entailing different new players with an economic, political and civil background. Their influence and acting has to be governed to gain all advantages this new source of energy is offering. Finally biogas will furthermore play an important role in the German renewable energy supply if good governance is focused.[63]
Indian subcontinent[edit]
Biogas in India[65] has been traditionally based on dairy manure as feed stock and these 'gobar' gas plants have been in operation for a long period of time, especially in rural India. In the last 2–3 decades, research organisations with a focus on rural energy security have enhanced the design of the systems resulting in newer efficient low cost designs such as the Deenabandhu model.
The Deenabandhu Model is a new biogas-production model popular in India. (Deenabandhu means 'friend of the helpless.') The unit usually has a capacity of 2 to 3 cubic metres. It is constructed using bricks or by a ferrocement mixture. In India, the brick model costs slightly more than the ferrocement model; however, India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy offers some subsidy per model constructed.
Biogas which is mainly methane/natural gas can also be used for generating protein rich cattle, poultry and fish feed in villages economically by cultivating Methylococcus capsulatus bacteria culture with tiny land and water foot print.[66][67][68] The carbon dioxide gas produced as by product from these plants can be put to use in cheaper production of algae oil or spirulina from algaculture particularly in tropical countries like India which can displace the prime position of crude oil in near future.[69][70] Union government of India is implementing many schemes to utilise productively the agro waste or biomass in rural areas to uplift rural economy and job potential.[71][72] With these plants, the non edible biomass or waste of edible biomass is converted in to high value products without any water pollution or green house gas (GHG) emissions.[73]
LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is a key source of cooking fuel in urban India and its prices have been increasing along with the global fuel prices. Also the heavy subsidies provided by the successive governments in promoting LPG as a domestic cooking fuel has become a financial burden renewing the focus on biogas as a cooking fuel alternative in urban establishments. This has led to the development of prefabricated digester for modular deployments as compared to RCC and cement structures which take a longer duration to construct. Renewed focus on process technology like the Biourja process model[74] has enhanced the stature of medium and large scale anaerobic digester in India as a potential alternative to LPG as primary cooking fuel.
In India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh biogas produced from the anaerobic digestion of manure in small-scale digestion facilities is called gobar gas; it is estimated that such facilities exist in over 2 million households in India, 50,000 in Bangladesh and thousands in Pakistan, particularly North Punjab, due to the thriving population of livestock. The digester is an airtight circular pit made of concrete with a pipe connection. The manure is directed to the pit, usually straight from the cattle shed. The pit is filled with a required quantity of wastewater. The gas pipe is connected to the kitchen fireplace through control valves. The combustion of this biogas has very little odour or smoke. Owing to simplicity in implementation and use of cheap raw materials in villages, it is one of the most environmentally sound energy sources for rural needs. One type of these system is the Sintex Digester. Some designs use vermiculture to further enhance the slurry produced by the biogas plant for use as compost.[75]
In Pakistan, the Rural Support Programmes Network is running the Pakistan Domestic Biogas Programme[76] which has installed 5,360 biogas plants[77] and has trained in excess of 200 masons on the technology and aims to develop the Biogas Sector in Pakistan.
In Nepal, the government provides subsidies to build biogas plant at home.
China[edit]
The Chinese have experimented with the applications of biogas since 1958. Around 1970, China had installed 6,000,000 digesters in an effort to make agriculture more efficient. During the last years the technology has met high growth rates. This seems to be the earliest developments in generating biogas from agricultural waste.[78]
The rural biogas construction in China has shown an increased development trend. The exponential growth of energy supply caused by rapid economic development and severe haze condition in China have led biogas to become the better eco-friendly energy for rural area. In Qing county, Hebei Province, the technology of using crop straw as main material to generate biogas is currently developing.[79]
China had 26.5 million biogas plants, with an output of 10.5 billion cubic meter biogas until 2007. The annual biogas output has increased to 248 billion cubic meter in 2010.[80] The Chinese government had supported and funded rural biogas projects, but only about 60% were operating normally.[81] During the winter, the biogas production in northern regions of China is lower. This is caused by the lack of heat control technology for digesters thus the co-digestion of different feedstock failed to complete in the cold environment.[82]
In developing nations[edit]
Domestic biogas plants convert livestock manure and night soil into biogas and slurry, the fermented manure. This technology is feasible for small-holders with livestock producing 50 kg manure per day, an equivalent of about 6 pigs or 3 cows. This manure has to be collectable to mix it with water and feed it into the plant. Toilets can be connected. Another precondition is the temperature that affects the fermentation process. With an optimum at 36 C° the technology especially applies for those living in a (sub) tropical climate. This makes the technology for small holders in developing countries often suitable.[83]
Depending on size and location, a typical brick made fixed dome biogas plant can be installed at the yard of a rural household with the investment between US$300 to $500 in Asian countries and up to $1400 in the African context.[84] A high quality biogas plant needs minimum maintenance costs and can produce gas for at least 15–20 years without major problems and re-investments. For the user, biogas provides clean cooking energy, reduces indoor air pollution, and reduces the time needed for traditional biomass collection, especially for women and children. The slurry is a clean organic fertilizer that potentially increases agricultural productivity.[83]
Domestic biogas technology is a proven and established technology in many parts of the world, especially Asia.[85] Several countries in this region have embarked on large-scale programmes on domestic biogas, such as China[86] and India.
The Netherlands Development Organisation, SNV,[87] supports national programmes on domestic biogas that aim to establish commercial-viable domestic biogas sectors in which local companies market, install and service biogas plants for households. In Asia, SNV is working in Nepal,[88] Vietnam,[89] Bangladesh,[90] Bhutan, Cambodia,[90] Lao PDR,[91] Pakistan[92] and Indonesia,[93] and in Africa; Rwanda,[94] Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia,[95] Tanzania,[96] Uganda, Kenya,[97] Benin and Cameroon.
In South Africa a prebuilt Biogas system is manufactured and sold. One key feature is that installation requires less skill and is quicker to install as the digester tank is premade plastic.[98]
Associations[edit]
- American Biogas Council
- Canadian Biogas Association
- European Biogas Association[99]
- German Biogas Association[100]
- Indian Biogas Association[101]
Society and culture[edit]
In the 1985 Australian film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome the post-apocalyptic settlement Barter town is powered by a central biogas system based upon a piggery. As well as providing electricity, methane is used to power Barter's vehicles.
'Cow Town', written in the early 1940s, discuss the travails of a city vastly built on cow manure and the hardships brought upon by the resulting methane biogas. Carter McCormick, an engineer from a town outside the city, is sent in to figure out a way to utilize this gas to help power, rather than suffocate, the city.
The Biogas production is providing nowadays new opportunities for skilled employment, drawing on the development of new technologies.[102]
See also[edit]
- MSW/LFG (municipal solid waste and landfill gas)
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Further reading[edit]
- Updated Guidebook on Biogas Development. United Nations, New York, (1984) Energy Resources Development Series No. 27. p. 178, 30 cm.
- A Comparison between Shale Gas in China and Unconventional Fuel Development in the United States: Health, Water and Environmental Risks by Paolo Farah and Riccardo Tremolada. This is a paper presented at the Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship 2013 hosted by Vermont Law School (11 October 2013)
- Marchaim, Uri (1992). Biogas processes for sustainable development. FAO. ISBN978-92-5-103126-1.
- Woodhead Publishing Series. (2013). The Biogas Handbook: Science, Production and Applications.ISBN978-0857094988