[Digestion] Biogas from Begonia, Chrysanthemum and Poinsettia

[Vianney tumwesige]

On 10/15/2012 3:55 AM, Anand Karve wrote:
> Dear Mr. Tumwesige,
> just chop up the material and feed it into the biogas plant. 
> Everything except the lignin would be turned into biogas. We regularly 
> use green leaves as feedstock. The midribs and veins accumulated in 
> the biogas plant as undigested debris are removed by opening a drain 
> valve at the bottom of the biogas plant.
> Yours
> A.D.Karve
>
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Vianney tumwesige 
> <trustvianney at gmail.com <mailto:trustvianney at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear All,
>
>     I recently visited a floriculture farm which produces about ten
>     different crops on the farm, however, there are three main crops
>     i.e.poinsettia, begonia and chrysanthemum.
>     These 3 crops generate about 2 tons of waste per week, though
>     other crops have a small waste content. I have attached pictures
>     of the generated waste. The idea is to produce
>     biogas from this waste. I have not dealt with floriculture waste,
>     I will be glad to get your advise.
>
>     Thanks
>
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>     Vianney Tumwesige
>     Director - Green Heat (U) Ltd
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Thank you very Dr. Karve.
Do you have an idea of how much gas is produced per 1kg of these materials?
Regards

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Vianney Tumwesige
Director - Green Heat (U) Ltd
P.O. Box 10235
Kampala-Uganda
256 (0) 71 237 9889
www.greenheatinternational.com

"The more people are self sufficient in cooking fuel, the more personal and financial freedom they have." - Emma Casson

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