[Stoves] Compact biogas plant

[adkarve]

No energy is used to compress the gas. We just put a weight on the gas
holder so that the weight presses on the gas in the gas holder. It is the
gravity of earth that is working for us.
Yours
 A.D.Karve

----- Original Message -----
From: David G. LeVine <dlevine at speakeasy.net>
To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Compact biogas plant


> At 12:26 PM 5/6/2007, you wrote:
> >In all such cases, we found that the amount of biogas produced under
> >pressure was less than the amount produced without the weight.
>
> Question:  If energy is used to pressurize gas, where does it come from?
>
> Question:  If the energy used to compress the gas is not needed,
> where does it go?
>
> I believe (and I can be wrong) that the amount of gas is related to
> the energy used for other processes.  If I use 1 MJ to compress the
> gas, that 1 MJ comes from somewhere, and is no longer available for
> gas production.
>
>
> David G. LeVine
> Nashua, NH  03060
>
>
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