FAMILY SIZED PORTABLE BIOGAS PLANT

The scarcity of petroleum threatens the world‟s fuel supply. The fact is that the
Biogas Methane can be successfully employed to overcome this threat has given rise to
various Biogas producing practices. The conventional Biogas plants of cattle dung,
distillery effluent(Spent Wash), municipal solid wastes or sewage are employed to
overcome these threats. But these plants are inefficient because of lower calorific value of
biogas & lesser methane generation. An important fact that one has to be noted that a lot
of kitchen waste which has ability to produce Biogas other than cow dung or animal
waste is not utilized in a proper way. The main objective of our project is to set up an
experiment for bio gas generation by using various kitchen wastes as feed stocks. These
household digesters represent a boon for farmers and rural people to meet their energy
needs. These digesters help in two ways: one is to reduce waste, and the other is to
provide valuable energy. Although they have been used for many years, modernization is
needed to overcome the drawbacks in the long run. The awareness by people of their
technical issues, and governmental subsidy plans could provide even more benefits from
household digesters.