14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. July 28. 1973
"Fill 'er Up"
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the six-week period needed for
complete digestion of the organic
wastes.
Experimental data show 10
cubic feet of methane can be
generated from two-to-three
pounds of dry animal waste. It
has about two-thirds of the
calorific value (BTU’s per cubic
foot) of natural gas.
Although the first gas from
their digester was used to light a
gas mantle, it can also be used for
heating, lighting, or to fuel farm
machinery. The old refrigerator
compressor proved to be quite
suiutable to force the methane
gas into a storage tank which
could be mounted on a garden
tractor. Subsequently, it was not
difficult to design a carburator
adapter to run the tractor which
Bair uses to mow his lawn.
“We hope we have done a lot of
the ground work so that some
enterprising farmer attending Ag
Progress Days will pick up where
we leave off and really adapt the
idea,” Bair says. “Farmers are
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adds. “We are sure the idea will
be picked up and improved upon
-- and that is our whole purpose.”
In addition to the fuel benefit,
research indicates that the
residue which remains after gas
production has a slightly higher
nitrogen content than does the
raw waste. Ton for ton it has
greater value to crops.
But Dr. Harter cautions, “Most
U. S. researchers claim that the
economics of converting
agricultural wastes into useable
fuel at present is a highly
marginal endeavor at best. The
additional capital and labor costs
involved do not now seem to be
offset by the value of the fuel
produced. However, as the price
of fuel increases and as en
vironmental costs are calculated
into the equation - for particular
sizes of farm enterprises
methane production should some
day reach a competitive position,
he adds. “And many
professionals already believe
that cheaper methods of con
version can be found.”
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