Reply To: Methane Digesters

  • JfromNorCal

    Member
    December 6, 2022 at 4:31 pm

    Yes, I have set up commercial and homestead systems.

    Commercial systems at dairies and wineries handling over a million gallons a day.

    Commercial systems are great… homestead systems… are … fun projects. Hydraulic retention times are 30-45 days on manure. Not practical to replace your propane or natural gas.

    However, if you just want to run a single burner for an hour ( think turkey frier) then maybe we can work something out.

    First thing to realize is you are just not going to get enough production from a homestead to pressurize and store. So we will need to use a container that expands. We have used old tractor inner tubes that work OK, but the best system is probably a tank within a tank. The inner tank is inverted and sealed with water. The inner tank has a pipe that allows the gas to bubble up underneath this tank and it slowly lifts as gas is produced. You will have to manually pressurized system by using weights.

    If you guys want more information, go ahead and reply, and all include some drawings.