<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Arial Black";
panose-1:2 11 10 4 2 1 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Sandra,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We had constructed and operated over 25 POME anaerobic digesters in Southeast Asia and done +100 POME feasibility studies to provide gas/methane production estimates. If you send me your email address, I will send you a spreadsheet with the minimum data needed to give you a rough estimate. You can send me your email address at <a href="mailto:cramos@biogreenengineering.com">cramos@biogreenengineering.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As for using bones as part of your feedstock for an AD I have no experience but my knowledge gained by operating 698 ADs tells me that you are better off keeping the bones out of the feedstock. The mineralized osseous tissue of the bone will not be eaten by the bacteria and if not properly deal with and diligently remove, it will plugged (rob you of working volume) your AD sooner than later.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>I hope this helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'>Charlie Ramos</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><a href="blocked::http://www.biogreenengineering.com/" title="blocked::http://www.biogreenengineering.com/"><span style='color:green;text-decoration:none'>BioGreen Engineering LLC</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><a href="blocked::mailto:cramos@biogreenengineering.com" title="blocked::mailto:cramos@biogreenengineering.com"><span style='color:green;text-decoration:none'>cramos@biogreenengineering.com</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'>+1-407-459-7806 (office)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'>+1-407-412-0165 (cell)</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>sandra bos<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> digestion@lists.bioenergylists.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Digestion] Verification POME & Animal bones<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear all,<br><br>I am working on two AD projects in Uganda and Tanzania. In Uganda we will have access to palm oil mill effluent (POME) and in the case of Tanzania, we have access to slaughterhouse waste, which contains the bones as well (mainly from cow carcasses). We haven't test the 2 feedstock yet.<br>Does anybody has experience with those 2 feedstock?<br><br>With regard to POME, I am looking for data on biogas yield. <br><br>With regard to bones; Will it be suitable for AD? Does anybody have experiences with pretreatment of bones? I read somewhere that, after crushing, it has to be cooked first before using as feedstock. What would be the biogas yield? <br><br>Who can help me out? Or has some useful literature on this?<br><br>Thanks a lot!<br><br>Best regards,<br> <br>Sandra Bos<br>FACT Foundation<br>The Netherlands<br><a href="http://www.fact-foundation.com">www.fact-foundation.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>