Anaerobic Digester

Anaerobic Digester
(http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/fair/)

Monday, October 6, 2008

New Materials for Digester

How hard can it be to find the following materials for a medium-scale anaerobic digester?
    -Used 18L clear plastic water bottle
    -Large Mylar helium balloon
    -Plastic water bottle cap (with the "no-spill" insert-see photo)
    -Copper tubing (40 cm long, 6.5mm (1/4") inside diameter)
    -T-connector for plastic tubing (barbed, 6mm or ¼" long)
    -1 cork (tapered, 23mm long)
    -Clear vinyl tubing (1.5 m long, 4mm or ¼-inch inside diameter)
    -2 barb fittings (¼" x ¼")
    -Ball valve (1/4")
    -6-8L manure pellets (goat, sheep, llama, rabbit, or other ruminant)
    -Rubber gloves
    -Large plastic funnel (can be made from a 4L plastic milk jug with bottom removed)
    -Wooden dowelling or stick (30 to 50 cm long, 2-3 cm thick)
Evidently pretty hard. I went all over town today to try to find the above materials. Some of which were easily found but the ball valve, copper tubing, T-connector and 2 barb fittings
proved to be the most difficult to find. I have found everything aside from the T-connector, the mylar helium balloon and the 6-8 liters of cow manure.

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Anaerobic Digester Design

Anaerobic Digester Design
This picture was taken from Paul Harris of The University of Adelaide in Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia. (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/fair/.)