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Landia Chopper Pump Chops Knives – Robust Pump Survives Knife Attack!
A Landia Chopper Pump when serviced recently was found to have been chopping on knives apparently left in waste-food. Chopper pumps are so named because a rotating “blade” and 3 fixed “knives” (scroll down to see illustration) at the pump casing entry point. These are positioned to chop through fibrous material (even cutting through rope […]
Anaerobic Digestion vs Landfill – Which is the Best?
Assessing the advantages of anaerobic digestion vs landfill as a means of disposing organic waste is an important step. Businesses need to know for sure that if they move from landfill to anaerobic digestion as the means of disposal of their waste there are not known issues which may prove a risk to the reputation of their […]
First WwTW Biogas Upgrading Plant Completed by Clarke Energy France
The City of Perpignan is the first in France to benefit from a Clarke Energy Biogas Upgrading Plant at their WwTW (Sewage Works or “STEP”). The plant will allow the city to make the most sustainable use of the biogas produced, through natural gas grid-injection of the renewable gas. The gas called biomethane is equivalent […]
A Biogas Heating System 101 – Boiler Technology, Options and Benefits
A biogas heating system using boiler technology is the obvious on-site choice for anyone running a biogas plant, and these can either: – make use of a Combined Heat and Power System (CHP) Heat Exchanger utilizing the jacket heat otherwise wasted from a reciprocating gas-generator, or – use biogas produced on-site, or delivered from a […]
Small Scale Biogas Plants for Home Cooking Fuel
The use of small scale biogas plants for home cooking fuel is gaining more followers in the developed nations all the time. These small Anaerobic Digestion Plants (or “biogas digesters”) are great for home cooking using the waste food (table scraps) every day from a young family can fuel a gas ring to heat up […]
Optimisation of Biogas Production – 8 Tips for the Best Methane Gas Yield
In our opinion, the optimisation of biogas production for improved biogas yield should start with the consideration of the following list of factors which affect the fermentation tank for all wet Anaerobic Digestion Processes (e.g. Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors – CSTRs), and many also apply to dry AD methods as well. This is important because […]
How to Increase Biogas Production – 4 Ways to Improve Biogas Yield from AD Processes
It’s clear that that everyone involved in AD would like to know “How to Increase Biogas Production“. So, we thought we would join-in with our 4 ways which we have been thinking of recently, for standard commercial single stage CSTR AD plants. If the AD (anaerobic digestion) industry reliably increases biogas production above current established […]
What is Pyrolysis? And, Its Pros and Cons Versus Biogas for Energy
We answer the question “What is Pyrolysis” first with a definition and then consider the pros and cons of pyrolysis technology, versus anaerobic digestion and biogas production for energy from biomass. What is Pyrolysis? A Definition of this Process – Used to Extract Energy from Waste The non-technical answer is that pyrolysis is known to […]
Why Biomethane Output Will Rise Despite Government Biogas Plant Subsidy Degradation
We still believe that Biomethane Output will rise in the UK and Europe, despite UK Government Biogas Plant Subsidy removal and degradation. Our original graphic (shown on the left here) which was made to accompany this article now looks over-optimistic for the time. Nevertheless, there are so many reasons why this renewable fuel will be […]
6 Ways to Get Anaerobic Digestion Finance for Your Biogas Project
There are at least 6 ways to gain Anaerobic Digestion finance, for your biogas plant project, as described below. If you want to learn the basics of how to get AD Plant finance, this is the video to watch and the article to read. Financing for these projects is of course similar to other renewable […]
