[permaculture-oceania] Re: biodigesters

[petra.kahle at haztech.com.au]

Off course the gas, methane mainly, is flammable and if it builds up a
concentration a spark will cause an explosion, just like with the other
natural gas, my industrial chemist advised.
cheers, Petra.

> On 29/9/06 11:19 AM, "adam f" <adam at energybulletin.net> wrote:
>> I agree with Tom that biodigesters will be an import part of an energy
>> mix.
>
>>There are over a million biodigesters in India
>> and China.  But as far as I'm aware, still no small scale community ones
>> in Australia.
>
> Ted Trainer has a small demonstration model at Pigface Point. It is not
> integrated into his household energy system as he would not have the
> volume
> of input to produce a reliable and substantial volume of gas.
>
> Should care be taken in experimentating with these things that they don't
> blow up?
>
> ...Russ Grayson