ARTI, India, Biogas from food waste - Ashden Award winner

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The Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) in Pune has developed a biogas plant which uses food waste rather than manure as feedstock and supplies biogas for cooking. The plant is sufficiently compact to be used by urban households, and over 700 are currently in use.
Pune is a relatively affluent city in south India, and many people use liquid petroleum gas (LPG) or kerosene for cooking. Waste food is often discarded at the side of the road, as in many cities, attracting stray dogs, flies and rats and creating a public health hazard. The ARTI compact biogas plant is made from two standard high-density polyethylene (HDPE) water tanks: the larger tank acts as the digester and the smaller one is inverted and placed into it to serve as a gas-holder. The plant safely digests kitchen waste, food waste or waste flour from mills, thus reducing the problem of waste disposal. A 1,000 litre plant produces sufficient biogas to at least halve the use of LPG or kerosene for cooking in a household, as well as a small amount of liquid effluent which can be used as fertiliser. ARTI has developed the technology, field tested it, and managed the supply of about 700 biogas plants in Maharashtra. Around 100 plants are now being installed every month.
The first-prize Ashden Award to ARTI recognises the enormous potential for using this compact biogas digester in towns and cities, both to supply cooking gas and to assist in the disposal of organic waste.

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@sixyears 15 лет назад

This is awesome. I know here in north america somme places do collect organic food waste and turn it in to a fertilizer but the system seem better cause it can produce alot of methane gas which can be used to produce energy. It's clean and gets rid of garbage.

@waellerbe 13 лет назад

@cantecleer - I am with you 100% on your comment towards this video. Instead of allowing so much of our food to decompose and create mold, we can implement a process such as this to create a solution for life. I dare say that we can use Biogas to become more SUSTAINABLE in our lives. Energy costs would be decreased significantly, and it would be a blessing to see how one's gas bill could change for the better.

@tculhane 16 лет назад

Dear Dr. Karve, A small team of us from the German-American-Egyptian NGO "Solar CITIES" (Connecting Community Catalysts Integrating Technologies for Industrial Ecology Systems) are planning to come to Pune in January to learn how to build these systems so that we can bring the technology to our worksite in the Zabaleen (garbage recycling) neighborhood of Cairo's Muqattam (near where the landslide was). We have been building solar hot water systems there for the past two years; now need biogas.

@ciceromatrix 14 лет назад

INDIA I AM PROUD OF YOU

@mikepepler 16 лет назад

To use biogas in a colder climate you have to insulate the tank, and maybe even burn some of the gas produced to heat it. You still end up producing energy though, and dealing with the waste.

@Prism11 13 лет назад

these kinds of activists must educate the public to produce cheep and accessible energy source.

@waellerbe 13 лет назад

@siggyuke - You hit the nail RIGHT on the head. We are looking at a simple form of technology that helps to produce a SOLUTION for food waste. It's a shame how we learn to be VERY wasteful in various places of the world. In keeping with the genius in this video, I can help but appreciate this example of Genius from India. As an American citizen, I NEVER want to limit my knowledge to the "American Way." There are many ways to create solutions to save the planet, and improve life by Going Green.

@Ashden_org 14 лет назад

@ssaahhiill2687 No, it won't leak, because the gas is contained inside the upturned inner drum, this overflow is from the outer drum.

@waellerbe 13 лет назад

@alienbaroque - This is an AMAZING example of genius at work. I first heard about the concept of ARTI Biogas from a post on another RU-vid video, and I'm glad that I decided to look up information. What a blessing.

@waellerbe 13 лет назад

@ciceromatrix - SO I am. I can't say enough good things about the Genius that we see from India. It's amazing if you ask me.

@tculhane 16 лет назад

Is it possible to order your instructional video from overseas (from Germany, California or Cairo), or do we need to wait until we come to India to purchase it? I don't see a way on the ARTI site for international orders. Anyway, we believe your system will have a very positive impact in the informal and slum communities of Cairo, helping us with energy and waste management, and we are very enthusiastic. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing discovery!!!

@Ashden_org 14 лет назад

@kerimil There's more info on the technology on the Ashden Awards website - google it and have a read. There's also contact info for ARTI on there.

@Ashden_org 14 лет назад

@kerimil You can read the technical details on the Ashden Awards website - click the link in the video description.

@alienbaroque 14 лет назад

What's also amazing is that, no also is it fuel to cook the food, but the slurry is also fuel for the plants (fertilizer). If I understand correctly, as long as the cellulose, etc., is mashed, all will eventually become slurry; there will be no solid waste in the tank, correct? So, basically, you're just "feeding" vegetable and fruit waste, things that will break down into sugars (for fermentation)? 24hr fermentation is not along at all for that much fuel!

@kerimil 14 лет назад

@ciceromatrix lol I am not from india but I am somewhat proud of it too :-) Could you post links to some technical data on it or is it secret ??

@ThanksgivingWalk 13 лет назад

Our plantet was so amazingly created by our Heavenly Father, that even our natural "waste" is useful. Excellent! Thanks for sharing. TGW - USA - Louisiana

@Ashden_org 14 лет назад

@alienbaroque It's quick to digest because it's food waste. If it was animal manure, it would be a bit slower.

@mohitkokaria 11 лет назад

I have made a biogas plant in a plastic tank when i open the gas valve it produces foul smell gas but doesnot catch fire..why??

@maryhornbostel6959 7 лет назад

Mohit Kokaria is your tank protected from light? light and oxygen will damage the bacteria that produce methane and will produce CO2 and non-flammable gases.

@Ashden_org 13 лет назад

@iezzzwan Have a look at the ARTI page on the Ashden Awards website - there's detailed info about how the system works, and contact details for ARTI. I'm sure they could give you some advice to build your own - they're pretty simple.