Organic Farming Part II - 'Cow dung to biogas'

Like many organic farmers, Jose Elanjhimattam is both a practical and abundantly resourceful man. Starting with cow dung, Jose has created an ingenious system that simultaneously captures and separates nitrogen-rich organic manure and methane gas. Unlike dried cow dung, which tends to lose nitrogen throughout the drying process, the liquefied organic manure produced through Joses slurry provides soil with far higher levels of nitrogen. Additionally, the methane gas removed is used as a form of fuel. Jose estimates that the dung from two cows is sufficient to provide enough biogas to support the cooking requirements of a family of four. Resourceful, intelligent, simple great stuff!
Thanks to www.organicguide.com for this summary!


see also
Part I 'Organic Farming'
Part III 'Organic pesticide and fungicide

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[ukiahhaiku]

It would work with old dung, if the sufficient amount of water is added.

[ukiahhaiku]

No it doesn't smell because the gases are contained in the underground system. The gas is only let out as methane gas to a burner, and when methane is burning it doesn't smell unpleasant.

[svtuition]

great, but how to use colelcted gas in my cooking purposes. Can I keep it cylinder

[ukiahhaiku]

@svtuition

The gas collected in the dome of the tank. There was no storage. The pressure from the tank pushed the gas the 50m distance to the kitchen. The flow of the gas was regulated by a tap on the kitchen wall.

[Hinduismglance]

Many people use the human dung too.

[robbierohn123]

Thanks u for sharing that info with us and love how it is simple and useful everything is used back in a natural way.

[RobertAlanMacDonald]

way to go India !

[Ladyhawkwright]

Wouldn't it be awesome to have a self sustaining farm like this in the USA? I want one!

[beyondorganicfoods]

Now thats being resourceful!

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[somalipal]

@ukiahhaiku Thanks for the video, but his wife is cooking with charcoal and he is preaching biogas cooking lol quite ironic.

[ninja78]

nice presentation....

[vidaripollen]

good old cow dung.

[blackkkladder]

Does this system attracts flies and mosquitos?

I am guessing it would smell aweful. Let alone the cow dung smells, added with water and stirred!

Is fresh dung used in this system or the methane can be extracted from old dung?

[PatriciaSdeLopez]

Love it!

Don't they also use dead animals and vegetable waste in addition to cow dung?