Anaerobic Digester Project: New Ideas

Monday, September 29, 2008

New Ideas

I am currently working on finding new organic waste to put into the digester that will yield more methane gas. The waste that I have used as of now has not created the methane levels that I am looking for in order to produce a flame.

Now that I have done more research I am learning that methane is actually a pretty dangerous gas. It is about 20 times as worse a green house gas as carbon dioxide. Because of this, it is very important that any methane that is produced is burned.

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Anaerobic Digester Project Outline

Digester Use and Research.
(a) Web resources.
(b) Newspaper resources.
(c) Online newspaper resources.

Completed Small-Scale Digester.
(a) Obtain supplies to build digester.
(b) Use research and photos/contacts to build small-scale digester.

Completed Medium-Scale Digester (PART OF FINAL PROJECT.)
In order to complete:
(a) Obtain resources to build the digester.
(b) Completion of small scale digester to work out any possible problems.

Build a Digester at School.
In order to complete:
(a) Gather Information about current school energy use.
(b) Determine how big of a building is required.
(c) Contact an architect to design the building with respect to current school buildings.
(d) Contact Intrepid Technology & Resources, Inc. about size of digester.

Presentation.
(a) Overview of digester workings.
(b) Where are digesters used?
(c) How can they be used at home? At school?
(d) Pictures of medium-scale digester.

Future of Project.
(a) Can the design be reinforced to become a permanent structure at home? At school? Trailheads?
(b) Is this effective enough to pursue further.

Continue Blog.
(a) Extended future of project.
(b) Updates/Photos of medium-scale digester.

Anaerobic Digester Project