Open source Methane Capture

[silverstudent]

Just saw something about a crypto mining operation that uses cow crap.

Anyone know what parts it would take to build a bioreactor methane capture system?

[NewLevelProcess]

There were two threads about this in the last 6 months.

Shit burning thread, manure for energy

If the agricultural departments raised cattle and livestock in a hangar with ideal environmental and ideal life conditions/factors for said livestock and cattle; You could have a methane recapturing facility like 200 ft away from the hangar and through a specific closed loop process by controlled burning of methane via slight oxygenated controlled burning one could potentially recapture and fraction the c02 off of the clean burning contained burning methane to collect the c02 for dry ice for med…

I believe @GroovyOctopusLabs is the pooman in this case.

[GroovyOctopusLabs]

Well I mean… It’s cause I was thinking why waste the waste? Why pollute the earth and deplete the ozone if there’s energy to be made or c02 to be recaptured off of the shit that’s out there from livestock. which, the methane apparently is a reason for wanting to ban meat.

I guess maybe have some sort of sewage built for cow shit and have that going to a shit burning plant… Idfk.

[GroovyOctopusLabs]

Modify a sterling engine to incorporate a supercharger. Try to harvest solar with dishes. Fill a generator. Keep the cycle going.

You could probably do something less elaborate and expensive by trying to go with more closed loop ideas like that.

Basically fill a generator from a natural source, run the generator while charging a second generator from the same natural source.

Keep it going as long as you can and have a regular gas or propane generator on stand-by.

Wikipedia gif of a super charger

[GroovyOctopusLabs]

There is no such thing as perpetual energy only closed loop. It’s sad but true.

[silverstudent]

I did some searching these tanks are actually really reasonable. 3 - 20M^3 tanks Two for digestion and One for Storage could process 7 Cow amounts of manure per day of each shots 15 gallons.

[GroovyOctopusLabs]

So how much electricity would you get off of that?

[NewLevelProcess]

a shitload

[GroovyOctopusLabs]

I’m bad at poop math.

[silverstudent]

Still have to calculate that.

[Franklin]

I’ve got some papers on bioreactors I’ll put up here

[GroovyOctopusLabs]

Let me know cause I’m interested in this shit.

[silverstudent]

The C02 could be pumped directly into a grow.

[Franklin]

The methane production is the easy part, you need a large buffer tank to store the gas in so you can properly treat it and use it to power a generator continously.

[GroovyOctopusLabs]

Or used to make dry ice.

[GroovyOctopusLabs]

Don’t you have to burn the methane a certain way or some shit.

[GroovyOctopusLabs]

Shit burning thread, manure for energy

If the agricultural departments raised cattle and livestock in a hangar with ideal environmental and ideal life conditions/factors for said livestock and cattle; You could have a methane recapturing facility like 200 ft away from the hangar and through a specific closed loop process by controlled burning of methane via slight oxygenated controlled burning one could potentially recapture and fraction the c02 off of the clean burning contained burning methane to collect the c02 for dry ice for med…

Start from post 41.

[_joe]

When I was looking into sand septic, I came across some shit in bio reactors and got me to thinking about some shit…I need to reread some shit now!

[silverstudent]

A second bioreactor could turn the methane gas into methanol

[SISU]

With carbon credit/etc incentives, dairy methane capture and RNG production is becoming a big thing. Talked to a farmer who’s had over 10 groups looking to do this try and partner with him