[Digestion] energy crops

[Alexander Eaton]

Dr Karve,

Can you comment on whether or not you have some sort of blender systems to
pulp the green matter before it goes into the digester?

A

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Anand Karve <adkarve at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>
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>
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