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The Complete Biogas Handbook

The Bible of Biogas

The Complete Biogas Handbook

Table of contents, Complete Biogas Handbook
(Abbreviated. Links, below, are to
PDFs of the chapters and appendices listed.)
I: Overviews 1
1: This Book 2
2: Energy 5
3: Math 10
4: Biology 14
II: Parameters 23
5: The Airless World 24
6: TS, VS, FS 25
7: pH 26
8: Temperature 31
9: C/N 35
10: Percentage of H2O 46
11: HRT and Loading Rate 50
12: Agitation 52
13: Toxins 53
14: Pressure and Surface Area 56
III: Substrates 58
15: Purified Substances 59
16: Manure Substrates 65
17: Plant Substrates 73
18: On Growing Substrates 80
IV: Uses 85
19: Scrubbing 86
20: Combustion 94
21: Illumination 97
22: Burner Design 101
23: Cooking 103
24: Water Heating 104
25: Steam 110
26: Refrigeration 112
27: Engines 113
28: Space Heating 121
29: Gas Requirements 125
V: Troubleshooting 128
30: Cultures 129
31: Startup 131
32: Scum 133
33: Foaming 137
34: Sediment 138
VI: Design 139
35: Basic Generator Types 140
36: Heating Generators 143
37: Agitation 153
38: Gas Handling 157
39: Slurry and Effluent Handling 161
40: Pumping 163
41: Construction Materials 167
42: Sizing Generators 169
43: Safety 173
44: Economics 176
45: Design Process 181
VII: Plans 186
46: Pipes and Drums 187
47: Test Generator 197
48: Modular Batch Generator 200
49: Hybrid Generator 203
50: Home Wastes Generator 208
51: Continuous-Fed Fibrous Substrates Generator 211
VIII: Appendices 213
Appendix 1: Analysis 213
Appendix 2: Biohydrogen 217
Appendix 3: Agricultural Use of Effluent 219
Appendix 4: Math of Gas Production 223
Appendix 5: Specific Gravity 227
Appendix 6: Drill Statistics 228
Appendix 7: Burner Design 231
Appendix 8: Vital Statistics of Gases 233
Appendix 9: K and C Values 235
Appendix 10: Steam Temperature, Pressure, Water Depth 237
Appendix 11: Heat Transfer in Pipes 238
Appendix 12: Decimals and Fractions 241
Appendix 13: Geometry, Trig 243
Appendix 14: Metric Conversion 245
Appendix 15: A Simple Method for Temperature Conversion        248
Appendix 16: Terms 249
Appendix 17: The Answers 253
Appendix 18: Bibliography 259
Appendix 19: Author’s Afterword 270
Appendix 20: Contents, Figures, and Tables 272
Appendix 21: Index and Authors 283