HOW POOP WILL POWER THE WORLD

Group 4

De San Andres, Christiansen A.

Pulvida, Janeen C.
Vergara, Claudette M.
Villanueva, Arbie Renz M.
 BIOMASS

• Term used to describe material of recent

biological origin that can be used as a
source of energy or for its chemical
components.
• Is organic matter derived from living, or
recently living organisms.
 PROCESS OF CONVERTING
BIOMASS INTO BIOGAS
• BIOGAS is a combustible gas which
produces when bacteria, in the absence of
air, decomposes organic material.
• This process is called FERMENTATION or
DIGESTION.
TWO SIMPLE BIOGAS
DIGESTER
 FLOATING COVER BIOGAS
• The water sealed cover of the digester rises as
gas is produced and acts as a storage chamber.
 FIXED DOME TYPE
• has a lower gas storage capacity and requires
good sealing if gas leakage is to be prevented.
 USES
• Biogas burns very clean with a flame
comparable to that of liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG) and can be used directly in a simple low-
pressure gas burner.
• Biogas can be used for a variety of other
purposes, such as lighting, refrigeration, engine
operation, or generation of electricity.
• The digester effluent (the residue of the
digestion process) is a good-quality fertilizer.
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
 PRECAUTIONS
• Biogas is not poisonous.
• The only danger is from explosion if it is
mixed with air and lit by fire.
• It only explodes if mixed with air or oxygen
with a lighted match or fire very close by.