BioGas in the News

[richard]

Hi All

Noticed a couple of recent articles of interest.  The first is from NASA, it appears that biogas  is on their agenda as possibly the most reliable sauce of fuel.  I downloaded a couple of papers on their shuttle experiments, which are interesting.  In space you need a centrifuge to separate the gas from the microbe.

 

The second one is a buzz. I’d be interested to hear of any ideas on how to employ the electricity.  Also, if electro microbes and or static is an issue when concentrating methane.

 

A critter that can self replicate, make and detonate gas is a force to be reckoned with.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

NASA's Morpheus test lander crashes and burns

‘It features a new propulsion system with oxygen and methane, both considered green fuels that are better for the environment than the rocket fuels NASA usually uses. They could be manufactured on other planets as well, according to the space agency.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-10/nasa27s-morpheus-test-lander-crashes-and-burns/4190494

electro-microbiology,

Sewage-munching microbes to power plants

Microbes used to treat human waste might also generate enough electricity to power whole sewage plants, scientists hope.

The technology is based on the relatively new science of electro-microbiology, which is finding uses for the discovery that certain microbes can generate an electrical current outside their own cells

The same technique could see microbes used to generate biofuels, hydrogen gas, methane and other valuable chemicals from the cheap and abundant product of our trips to the bathroom, say Logan and fellow researcher Korneel Rabaey from the University of Queensland.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/08/10/3565076.htm#artBookmarks

    Richard Brew       Director  I  B.Arch ACAA 173  I  M. 0433 633 712 

[Paul Harris]

G'day All,

Bolivar Sewerage Plant in Adelaide is already biogas powered (when the generator runs).

All the best,
HOOROO

Mr Paul Harris BEng (Ag) (Melbourne)
Visitor at The University of Adelaide

[Martin Smith]

The old Bolivar power plant is being replaced with a modern system comprising of reciprocating gas engines. The system will be able to generate up to 7.2MWe of power.

 

Martin Smith

Sales Manager
Clarke Group

Tel: +61 (0) 8 8290 2100
Mob: +61 (0) 439 341 391
Fax: +61 (0) 8 8443 5848
www.clarke-group.com

[Paul Harris]

What goes around comes around! On my first Bolivar visit (about 25 years ago?) there were 5(?) green straight 8 engines that were replaced by a gas turbine.

Mr Paul Harris BEng (Ag) (Melbourne)
Visitor at The University of Adelaide

On 13/08/2012 6:47 AM, Martin Smith wrote: