Cardboard biogas digester

[M Souness]

Does anyone know of any projects relating to the use of anaeribic digestion
of cardboard to produce biogas (methane)?



Regards,



Malcolm Souness - Rural Energy
www.ruralenergy.co.nz

 

[Anthony Matonak]

Does anyone know of any projects relating to the use of anaeribic digestion
of cardboard to produce biogas (methane)?

I haven't heard of such a thing but I do know a lot of landfills are
starting to pump air and water down and getting methane out the top.
A lot of the waste in many landfills consist of paper and cardboard.

Here in Los Angeles there is a lot of recycling of cardboard so I'm
not sure just how much would be available for digestion in the first
place.

Anthony

 

[Derek Broughton]

I haven't heard of such a thing but I do know a lot of landfills are
starting to pump air and water down and getting methane out the top.
A lot of the waste in many landfills consist of paper and cardboard.

Here in Los Angeles there is a lot of recycling of cardboard so I'm
not sure just how much would be available for digestion in the first
place.

Boxboard, as opposed to corrugated cardboard, has little value to recyclers.
Here (Halifax, NS) it gets sent to the composting facility. I wouldn't
think boxboard should be hard to come by - but I don't have a clue whether
it's really useful for biogas.

 

[rebel]

Yes, you can use a cow

The Americans already have a digestor that vertually breaks down tyres,
plastics, household waste, any biological items including corpses, into oil
gas and fertiliser, why are they not building more and even larger ones.

 

[William P. N. Smith]

The Americans already have a digestor that vertually breaks down tyres,
plastics, household waste, any biological items including corpses, into oil
gas and fertiliser, why are they not building more and even larger ones.

Cite, please?

 

[M Souness]

A cow to eat the cardboard, or a cow to produce effluent for conversion into
biogas?

 

[M Souness]

That's what I'm trying to figure out - if it's really worth looking into.
Regards,
Malcolm Souness
www.ruralenergy.co.nz