Refer your email
addressed to Prof. V.K. Vijay, Coordinator, Biogas Development and Training
Centre (BDTC), Centre for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT), IIT Delhi.
Brief information
regarding biogas technology is as follows.
1. Biogas cannot be stored like LPG, as LPG
exist in liquid form at ambient temperature and about 15 bar (kg/cm2)
pressure, while biogas/CNG exist in gaseous form at ambient temperature and low
to very high pressure (i.e. 1 to 200 kg/cm2 (bar) and
above).
2. Main
combustible constituent of Biogas/CNG is methane gas.
3. Biogas/CNG
is lighter than air, while LPG is heavier than air, so it is safer than LPG in
utilization, as in case of leakage, it is quickly dispersed in atmosphere.
4. Purified
and compressed biogas is just like CNG. We can get permission from Petroleum
and Explosive Safety Organization (PESO) and establish station like
Petrol/Diesel/CNG/LPG.
5. Enriched/purified/refined
Biogas can be stored in cylinders like CNG and Hydrogen (H2).
6. Biogas
can be produced from any organic degradable material like cattle dung, human
excreta, non-edible de-oiled seed cake, food waste, kitchen waste, algae,
Napier grass etc. 20 kg Cow Dung ~ 1 cubic meter Biogas ~ 400 gram LPG ~ 400 gram CNG ~ 1.3 liter Petrol ~ 1.2 liter Diesel
7. For
thermal needs (like cooking, roasting etc.), the capital requirement for biogas
and bio-fertilizer plant is about Rs. 10,000.00 (rupees ten thousand) and above
as per availability of fresh cattle dung 25 kg and above.
8. For
power generation or mechanical use, the capital requirement for biogas and
bio-fertilizer plant is about Rs. 5,00,000.00 (rupees five lakhs) and above as
per availability of fresh cattle dung 1000 kg (one thousand kilogram) and
above.
9. For
compressed biogas like CNG, the capital requirement for biogas and
bio-fertilizer plant is about Rs. 50,00,000.00 (rupees fifty lakhs) and above
as per availability of fresh cattle dung 5000 kg (five ton i.e. five metric
ton) and above.
You can visit
demonstration/pilot plant at Madhav Govind Govigyan Anusandhan Sansthan
(Gaushala), Naugaon, Bhilwara, Rajasthan.
Contact person Mr. Ajit
Singh (Manager), Phone 01482291027,
Mobile 09929571646.
You can also call me or
meet at room No. 275, block No. 3, CRDT, IIT Delhi on working day Monday to
Friday except holiday please.