Biogas Technology, Transfer and Diffusion

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 2-4
Executive Summary....Pages 5-13
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Session Overview....Pages 14-17
Biogas: A Global Perspective....Pages 18-44
The Realistic Potential of Biogas....Pages 45-50
Force-field Analysis of Biogas Systems and Proposed Means for Optimizing Their Prospects....Pages 51-56
Information Needs for Diffusing Biogas Technology into the Rural Areas of Developing Countries....Pages 57-62
The Integrated Digester Plant....Pages 63-63
Front Matter....Pages 64-64
Overview of the Thematic Session and Key Results....Pages 65-70
Social, Ecological, and Cultural Realities of Biogas Development....Pages 71-86
Technical and Social Problems for the Propagation of Biogas in Rwanda....Pages 87-97
Towards Obtaining Optimum Benefits from Biogas Technology....Pages 98-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Section Overview....Pages 104-105
A Critique on Cost-Benefit Analysis of Biogas Programs....Pages 106-110
Assessment of the Feasibility of Rural Biogas Systems....Pages 111-119
Analysis of Economic Factors in the Dissemination of Biogas Plants - Case Studies from Africa and the Caribbean....Pages 120-131
The Economics of Biogas Systems — a Shorter Communication....Pages 132-133
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Institutional and Financial Infrastructure of Biogas Systems....Pages 135-141
Summary of Group Discussions on Institutional and Financial Infrastructure of Biogas Systems....Pages 142-147
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Section Overview....Pages 149-149
Front Matter....Pages 148-148
Experiences with Rural Biodigesters in Latin America....Pages 150-165
ICAITI’S Dissemination Activities of Biogas Systems....Pages 166-170
Gate-Biogas Consultancy Service....Pages 171-172
FAO Activities in the Field of Biogas....Pages 173-174
The Bioenergy Users’ Network (BUN) an Executive Summary....Pages 175-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Engineering Design of Biogas Units for Developing Countries....Pages 178-203
Technologies for Biogas Production of Developed Countries and Possibilities of Transferring Them to Developing Countries....Pages 204-212
Engineering Aspects of Small-Scale Biogas Plants....Pages 213-227
Design Parameters Affecting Success and Failure of Biogas Systems....Pages 228-240
Preliminary Assessment of a Farm-Scale Digester in Relation to Possibilities of Operating an Integrated Bioplex System....Pages 241-258
An Improved Plug-Flow Design for the Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Cattle Waste....Pages 259-269
Multicriteria Optimization Design of Methane Fermentation Systems....Pages 270-276
A Village Scale Biogas Pilot Plant Study Using High Rate Digester Technology....Pages 277-282
Compost-Heated Small Scale Farm Digester Appropriate for Korean Conditions....Pages 283-294
Structural Behaviour and Stress Conditions of Fixed Dome Type of Biogas Units....Pages 295-301
Ferrocement Gasholder for Two 60 M 3 Digesters....Pages 302-305
Simplified Anaerobic Digesters for Animal Waste....Pages 306-316
Cold Condition Biogas....Pages 317-321
A Modified Anaerobic Fermenter for Egyptian Agricultural Residues....Pages 322-332
Modular Biogas Plant Particularly Adapted to Tropical Rural Areas: A Shorter Communication....Pages 333-334
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Gas-Use Devices....Pages 336-336
Mechanical and Electrical Power from Biogas in Developing Countries....Pages 337-342
Performance of A Small Diesel Engine Operating in a Dual Fuel Mode with Biogas....Pages 343-354
Microbiology and Biochemistry of Methanogenesis, A Selected Review....Pages 356-371
Methane Production from Farm Wastes....Pages 372-380
Optimization of Bioconversion of Solid and Liquid Residues....Pages 381-391
Study of the Optimum Operating Conditions for the Anaerobic Digestion of Some Organic Wastes....Pages 392-399
Novel Processes for High-Efficiency Biodigestion of Particulate Feeds....Pages 400-416
Biogas from Organic Waste Diluted with Seawater....Pages 417-423
The Assessment of Methanogens by the Quantitative Determination of Coenzyme F 420 in Anaerobic Systems....Pages 424-428
Fuel Gas Production from Organic Wastes by Low Capital Cost Batch Digestion....Pages 429-436
Biogas Production from Water Hyacinth [Eichhornia Crassipes]: Influence of Temperature....Pages 437-445
Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Fraction of Garbage: A Pilot Plant....Pages 446-453
The Toxicity Effect of Pesticides and Herbicides on the Anaerobic Digestion Process....Pages 454-462
Biogas Production from Some Organic Wastes....Pages 463-473
The Assessment of Cellulolytic Activities in Anaerobic Digesters by the “Textiles Coupon Technique”....Pages 474-479
Biogas Production from Antibiotic-Contaminated Cow Manure....Pages 480-487
Biogas from Liquid Agroindustrial Wastes Derived from Banana and Coffee Processing....Pages 488-493
A Simple, Rapid and Accurate Method for Determination of Carbon Dioxide in Biogas....Pages 494-497
Assessment of Anaerobically Digested Slurry as a Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner....Pages 499-519
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Repeated Application of Anaerobically Digested Slurry and its Effect on the Yield and NPK Uptake of Wheat, Turnips and Onion Plants....Pages 520-528
Biogas Manure as a Complete Fertilizer, Feasibility for Egyptian Farmers....Pages 529-550
Health Risks Associated with the Use of Biogas Slurry: An Introductory Note....Pages 552-553
Incidence, Persistence, and Control of Parasitic Eggs and Cysts in Anaerobically Digested Wastes....Pages 554-560
Incidence, Persistence, and Control of some Pathogens During Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes....Pages 561-569
Survival of Pathogens and Parasites During the Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes....Pages 570-576
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Development and Application of Biogas Technology for Rural Areas of Egypt....Pages 578-588
Biogas Production From Kitchen Refuses of Army Camps of Egypt Using a two Stage Biogas Digester....Pages 589-599
An Integrated Renewable Energy System....Pages 600-603
Biogas Technology for Water Pumping in Botswana....Pages 604-604
Report of Burkina Faso to Conference....Pages 605-607
Biogas Plant in Ivory Coast....Pages 608-608
Biogas from Biomass for a Kenya Farm Service Center....Pages 609-616
Mectat’s Experience in the Transfer of Biogas Technology....Pages 617-622
The Production and Use of Biogas: at the “Laboratoire D’energie Solaire” (LESO) in Bamako, Mali....Pages 623-625
Biogas in Morocco....Pages 626-631
Biogas Activities in Sudan....Pages 632-636
Biomass and Biogas in Tunisia A Summary Presentation....Pages 637-637
Uganda Biogas Project....Pages 638-640
The Experience of the Development and Research of Biogas Technology in the Rural Areas of China....Pages 641-660
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The Biogas Program in India....Pages 661-664
Summary of the Nepal Biogas Program....Pages 665-668
Biogas Technology Development and Diffusion: The Philippine Experience....Pages 669-686
Biogas Technology: Research, Development, and Diffusion Projects in Sri Lanka....Pages 687-690
Biogas Program of Thailand....Pages 691-694
Problems Concerning Biogas Production at Farm Level in Italy....Pages 695-703
Anaerobic Digestion in Portugal....Pages 704-705
EMBRAPA’s Food-Feed-Bioenergy Production Systems....Pages 706-711
Biogas Technology in Costa Rica: Its Development....Pages 712-713
Jamaica Country Paper....Pages 714-717
Back Matter....Pages 719-720