[Digestion] energy crops

[Anand Karve]

Dear Christine,
we have developed a biogas plant that would accept green biomass of any
kind. By using pure leaves, we get daily about 800 litres biogas from a
daily input of about 10 kg fresh leaves. With whole sugarcane (stem and
leaves), we get the same amount of biogas from just 4 kg fresh biomass. We
have developed this technology specifically for use with the vegetable
market waste, but one can also grow a green leafy crop and use it as the
feedstock. I cannot disclose the design details but I can assure you that it
works.
Yours
A.D.Karve

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 5:02 AM, frank <frank at compostlab.com> wrote:

> Christine,
>
>
> I would talk to Wayne Thompson.
> WHThompson at ag.tamu.edu
>
> as he has been working with biomass materials for energy production.
>
> Frank
>
>
>
>
> Christine McKiernan wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>>
>> Can anyone comment on basic biogas yields they have observed from crops
>> such as switchgrass, miscanthus, sorghum, corn stover?  also, any comments
>> on the practical realities of using such material?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Christine McKiernan
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