Application Areas
Biogas technology is a very good solution to local energy needs. It
gives an opportunity for the decentralization of energy production.
Energy can be produced and used at point of production.
Systems like
these reduce cost of energy transfer, a big consideration where energy
needs are small, and helps in places where they are no mature energy
grids.
Commercial farms and plantations: Biogas technology addresses
holistically various agricultural problems such as expensive
fertilizers and feeds, primitive technology use, produce spoilage, poor
waste disposal, soil erosion, ecological degradation and importantly
farm power.
With the use of agricultural wastes through biogas technology, wastes
from farms can used for generating energy for brooding chicks, gas
incubators, boiler operations. Provision of fuel for stationary
engines, to supply motive, pump water, drive machinery (e.g. threshers,
grinders) or generate electricity.
Biogas is used as supplementary fuel in dual fuel engines. Drying,
cooking, boiling and smoking of fish (especially catfish), taking into
consideration the market value of smoked fish. Fertilizer production
rich in NPK as microorganisms in the bioreactor fix nitrogen, which
would have been lost to volatization through the normal practice of
spreading raw wastes or burning. The fertilizer also helps in soil
aggregation without accumulations of salts as characterized by raw
organic wastes apppilication.that are toxic to plants.
Fertilizer is weed seed free, pathogenic microorganism reduced
drastically and odorless. Improving crop productivity and farm hygiene.
It is usual for livestock farmers to have fishponds, the mineralized
water serve as nutrients for the growth of planktons (Natural fish
food) when used in fishpond fertilization, without harming fish
population and affecting dissolved oxygen.
Reducing the amount of
supplemental feed to be used. The mineralized water has an alkaline ph
that is required by fishpond and eliminating the need for liming.
The mineralized water when used for irrigation improves soil nutrient and neutralizes acidic soil because of its alkaline ph.