[Digestion] Biogas from Begonia, Chrysanthemum and Poinsettia

Anand Karve adkarve at gmail.com
Sun Oct 14 23:03:21 CDT 2012


This material would have about 70 to 80% moisture and some lignin as
non-digestible material. It may give about 100 litres biogas per kg.
Yours
A.D.Karve

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Vianney tumwesige
<trustvianney at gmail.com>wrote:

>   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
> > 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
>>
>> --
>> 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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>> and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/
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>>
>>
>
>
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> Dr. A.D. Karve
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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
>
>
> --
> Vianney Tumwesige
> Director - Green Heat (U) Ltd
> P.O. Box 10235
> Kampala-Uganda
> 256 (0) 71 237 9889www.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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> and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/
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>
>


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