[Digestion] Biogas from Begonia, Chrysanthemum and Poinsettia

[Vianney tumwesige]

On 10/15/2012 6:19 AM, Vianney tumwesige 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 <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
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Vianney Tumwesige
>>     Director - Green Heat (U) Ltd
>>     P.O. Box 10235
>>     Kampala-Uganda
>>     256 (0) 71 237 9889
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>>     "The more people are self sufficient in cooking fuel, the more
>>     personal and financial freedom they have." - Emma Casson
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>>     for more information about digestion, see
>>     Beginner's Guide to Biogas
>>     http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/
>>     and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/
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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 9889
> www.greenheatinternational.com
>
> "The more people are self sufficient in cooking fuel, the more personal and financial freedom they have." - Emma Casson
Dear All,

To what extent do use fungicides and insecticides affect biogas production? These are sprayed over Begonia, Chrysanthemum and Poinsettia, however, we need to generate biogas from waste
material of these plants.

We will be glad to hear from you.

Regards



-- 
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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