Describe gobar gas plant in details.
Gobar gas is a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and
hydrogen sulphide. The major constituent of gobar gas is methane. It is produced by the anaerobic degradation of animal wastes like cow-dung or
plant wastes in the presence of water. This plant has a dome-like structure built with bricks. A slurry of cow-dung
and water is made in the mixing tank from where it is fed into the digester.
The digester is a sealed chamber in which there is no oxygen. Anaerobic
micro-organisms that do not require oxygen decompose or break down complex compounds
of the cow-dung slurry. It takes a few days for the decomposition process to be
complete and generate gases. It is stored in the gas tank above the
digester from which they are drawn through pipes for use.
Gobar gas is a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide. The major constituent of gobar gas is methane. It is produced by the anaerobic degradation of animal wastes like cow-dung or plant wastes in the presence of water. This plant has a dome-like structure built with bricks. A slurry of cow-dung and water is made in the mixing tank from where it is fed into the digester. The digester is a sealed chamber in which there is no oxygen. Anaerobic micro-organisms that do not require oxygen decompose or break down complex compounds of the cow-dung slurry. It takes a few days for the decomposition process to be complete and generate gases. It is stored in the gas tank above the digester from which they are drawn through pipes for use.
