Introduction Biogas technology, the generation of a combustible gas from anaerobic biomass digestion, is a well-known technology. There are already millions of biogas plants in operation throughout the world. Whereas using the gas for direct combustion in household stoves or gas lamps is common, producing electricity from biogas is still relatively rare in most developing countries. In Germany and other industrialised countries, power generation is the main purpose of biogas plants; conversion of biogas to electricity has become a standard technology. This document will discuss the potentials, obstacles and necessary framework conditions for the utilisation of biogas for small and medium scale electricity generation in developing countries. This paper will not address the biogas production process in general but focus uniquely on electricity generation. The findings presented here are based mainly on available experience from GTZ-related pilot biogas power plants in differen...
The project of interest is on sanitation and biogas production for small scale homes in rural areas. Dealing with wastes has become a nightmare for various people all over and no doubt has brought about sanitation problems and environmental mismanagement. As a result of poor waste disposal, pollution has resulted which has led to the vulnerability to and the consequent spread of various diseases arising out of this improper waste handling. Power has also become a major concern especially in the less previllaged rural areas. The livelihood for this set-up of the society has been hampered due to inadequate or lack of power thus many projects that can be ventured into for development cannot be carried out simply because obtaining the needed power is either expensive or unavailable. Integration of these two problems would be a plus for these communities. This would entail simultaneously dealing with these two problems by using the animal, plant and other wasted t...
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