Appropriate technology for rural India to produce biogas from vegetative wastes

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Energy Sources (New York); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00908318908908941· OSTI ID:5533648

Goswami, K P ^[1]

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1. College of Agriculture, Gujarat Agricultural Univ., Anand (IN)

Most of the huge amount (91%) of energy in rural India is used as domestic fuel. Forest wood constitutes half of this energy, which could be saved by providing an alternative kitchen fuel. Biogas provides the only viable alternative. While the basics of biogas production have been known for several decades, serious research efforts are required to evolve appropriate technology of biogas production for Indian villages. It is easy to design devices which work on the economy of large scale; it is a formidable task to achieve the same at down-to-earth level of economy. Considering the vast majority of small farmers, a cheap, manual, continuous fermentation straw gas plant is likely to offer appropriate technology. Efforts have continued since 1965 to develop such a plant: the latest model is quite competitive in all respects with the KVIC biogas plant, except for its stirring system. Efforts are being made to develop a suitable stirring system.

• OSTI ID: 5533648
• Journal Information: Energy Sources (New York); (USA), Journal Name: Energy Sources (New York); (USA) Vol. 11:1; ISSN 0090-8312; ISSN EGYSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
090400* -- Solid Waste & Wood Fuels-- (-1989)
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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Consumption
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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
ASIA
BIOCONVERSION
BIOGAS PROCESS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIGESTION
ECONOMICS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY SOURCES
FERMENTATION
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
INDIA
MANAGEMENT
PROCESSING
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RURAL AREAS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WOOD FUELS