[Stoves] Stoves Digest, Vol 4, Issue 13

[Kevin]

Dear Rajan
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From: <rajan_jiby at dataone.in>
To: "Kevin" <kchisholm at ca.inter.net>; "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves" 
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> Dear Kevin,
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> Well, we also use biogas plants where animal dung is a major feedstock.
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> Here the energy part comes out as methane ( which is used as fuel ) and 
> the slurry from the plant contains all the nutrients ( without any loss ).

I have no experience with biogas plants run on animal manure. Is the slurry 
from a biogas plant filterable? If so, would it potentially make a fuel 
equivalent or superior to dung that was burned directly, with no washing?

As I understand it, Richard Stanley uses a retting process on biomass, to 
develop binding characteristics for his holey briquette feed. Would the 
drained solids from a biodigester perhaps have better "binder 
characteristics than freshly washed dung? Perhaps Righard has already 
explored this avenue?

Best wishes,

Kevin


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