Anaerobic Digester Project: Medium-scale Digester is Complete

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Medium-scale Digester is Complete

My medium-scale anaerobic digester is now complete. The construction was very simple compared to finding the required materials. I will put the cow manure into the digester container this afternoon to let the system begin to develop the bacteria that will digest the cow manure. The construction plans that I found on (http://www.re-energy.ca/t-i_biomassbuild-2.shtml) proved to be very helpful. I sent this group an email and they replied very quickly with very helpful answers and even diagrams to help me build part of my digester.

No comments:

Post a Comment

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