[Digestion] Inoculation for Small Digesters

[Marc de Piolenc]

The tablets are probably enzymes, when what you need are the 
microorganisms that produced the enzymes. You may need to produce your 
own packaged inoculant, but if you succeed you may have a marketable 
product. Research is the first step; find out the techniques used in 
microbiological laboratories for culturing and preserving the organisms 
you need, then see if they all have a common preservation medium.

Best,
Marc de Piolenc
Iligan City, Philippines

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On 9/29/2010 1:07 AM, Alexander Eaton wrote:
> HI All,
>
> We have been doing our systems start (for small household scale
> digesters) with the paunch waste from slaughterhouses, adding 50-100
> liters of the waste along with manure and water as an initial charge.
> Transporting this waste (wet, heavy, and a bit nasty) is a bit of a
> pain.  My technicians keeping hinting at better incolculant solutions,
> and I would like to see if there is anyone out there making really
> effective inoculates (or knows how to make them) that are dry, simple to
> apply, but really effective in starting a digester.  Efficient and fast
> start-up is a really crucial aspect of technology adoptions, and using
> effluent from functioning digesters or the paunch waste has produced the
> best results for us as far as start-up rates.  We have seen a brand of
> tablets for septic tanks, but we have not found them to improve start-up
> times as compared with straight manure.  Thanks in advance.
>
> Saludos,
>
> A
>
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