biogas plant Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:22:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 “HomeBiogas” Makes Fertilizer and Cooking Gas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/homebiogasunit-fertilizer-cooking-gas/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/homebiogasunit-fertilizer-cooking-gas/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:22:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57855 This compact biogas unit, developed by a promising Israeli startup, can turn your organic waste into both garden fertilizer and cooking gas. If your household generates large quantities of organic waste, but not enough to make you follow our tutorial on how to build your own biogas plant, this new invention might be the right […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/homebiogasunit-fertilizer-cooking-gas/feed/ 1 57855 How to Build a Biogas Plant in your Backyard https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biogas-plant-backyard/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biogas-plant-backyard/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:33:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=51145 Anybody who generates a significant amount of bio-waste, and especially those among us with country farms, often have one single dream- and that is to have their own DIY biogas plant. The reason why not so many have succeeded in building it, however, is because it is way too easy to overestimate the dimensions, and consequently fail […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biogas-plant-backyard/feed/ 5 51145 Siloxane Blocking Development of Biogas Industry: Graphite Filters Solve The Problem https://www.greenoptimistic.com/siloxane-filter-biogas-20100909/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/siloxane-filter-biogas-20100909/#respond Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:25:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=10149 Siloxane is a carbon-silicon compound found inside various chemical products on the market and then released into the air when methane is produced. Its existence threatens the biogas machinery, being able to cause serious damage.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/siloxane-filter-biogas-20100909/feed/ 0 10149 Guinea Pigs Producing Biogas for Peruvian Family https://www.greenoptimistic.com/guinea-pigs-biogas-peru-20100908/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/guinea-pigs-biogas-peru-20100908/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:09:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=10109 More than 400 pounds of guinea pig poo is processed into methane and a liquid product that then farmers can feed the plants with. They use the classic anaerobic digestion.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/guinea-pigs-biogas-peru-20100908/feed/ 1 10109 First Biogas Plant That Runs on Waste Biomass Feedstocks https://www.greenoptimistic.com/first-biogas-plant-that-runs-on-waste-biomass-feedstocks-20090208/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/first-biogas-plant-that-runs-on-waste-biomass-feedstocks-20090208/#respond Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:26:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=2120 Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden have recently developed a biogas plant that utilizes waste materials such as corn stalks and other agricultural waste.

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