Talk:Biogas powerplant

I have tried to reformat this page to enable it to link into a number of very similar topics. Biogas powerplants are anaerobic digesters and are inextricably linked to waste management. This page must link power generation with energy generation in a more efficient way. I hope I have made a start on this. Please send comments to alex@oaktech-environmental.com --Alex 10:29, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

can bio--gas xcan be used as automobile fuel instead of petrol if yes what wil it require. please reply me on my e-mail- abhirajmoshay@rediffmail.com


 * Yes, biogas can be converted to the specifications of natural gas and used for cars. An experiment with this is in Güssing Burgenland Austria. But on the other side, ICE is a very ineffective way to move a car. Since natural gas car have only a short range, they are mostly used in city traffic, where the ICE has an even worse efficiency.


 * When the biogas is instead used in a Molten-carbonate fuel cell with Steam turbine behind, a Plug-in hybrid or Battery electric vehicle could drive 4 times more km with the same biogas than an ICE car. --Pege.founder 05:22, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Mistake in Plant Size
A 5 MW Power plant is listed as requiring a swuare kilometer. I think the author has made a mistake, and supposed 1000m^2 is a square kilometer. In fact, 1000000 m^2 represents a square kilometer.

Can the biogas production be increased by adding CO2
can the production of biogas be increased by adding more percentage of CO(2) to the actual percentage??????if yes please provide the supporting proof...

please reply me on bharathkeshava@gmail.com


 * The overall volume of biogas will be greater however the energy value of the gas will be proportionally less as it is the CH4 which gives the energy potential.--Alex 15:56, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

so it is not possible to increase the production of biogas by increasing the percentage of CO2.....am i right???

Yes you are right, I do not think this is possible--Alex 09:14, 20 November 2006 (UTC)