Small-scale Rural Biogas Programmes
The aim of the book is to “offer an effective overview of biogas technology, how it works and how it can be used”, that is “up-to-date and covers the developments of the past 20 years, since the previous book was written”.
The new book is available from Development Bookshop, as well as from other suppliers, such as Amazon.
The book has 12 chapters:
- Overview of Biogas Extension
- Biogas History in Developing Countries (a brief history of biogas is here)
- Aspects of a Biogas Programme
- How Biogas works (a brief description of the process is here)
- Biogas Effluent as Compost
- Main Domestic Biogas Plant Designs
- Plastic Biogas Plant Designs
- Ancillary Equipment
- Using Biogas Plants
- Management of a Biogas Programme
- Starting a Biogas Programme
- Philosophy of biogas extension
And 6 appendices:
- Chemistry of Simple Digestion (some information on models is here)
- Biogas Plant Design Details (some information on design is here)
- Building a Masonry Biogas Plant
- Basic gas pipe fitting
- Gas appliance design
- Follow-up surveys
The book is about successful biogas programmes and uses many sources of information. There are a total of 512 references, although some are duplicated in different chapters. More details of the information in the book are here
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