The luxury of rebuilding with experience 😁 really enjoyed these vids. Will look forward to the restart. Super impressed with those seals holding out. Thankyou for your uploads.
Hey Daniel. Thanks again for the free flow of invaluable info. Have you moved and set up again yet? Having been inspired by you and a few others I am producing gas now from my super insulated 55gl digester and today need to find a stove to hack so I can start using it. You mentioned that biogas compressors are available and expensive, can I ask what they do that your shop compressor does not? Also I would love to know your thoughts on fridge compressors for this job, being quiet,low volume, high pressure and largely free they seem attractive. And the holy grail of running a car? Cheers. Tanc
@OK at EVERYTHING - PRO at NOTHING: I've personally learned much from you. I most especially appreciated that you went into the science of how things work with a biodigester in this series. I wanted to ask if you think the larger IBC totes are worth investing in again or if smaller more easily movable (say 30gal tanks or 50gal drums) containers are the way to go moving forward? I'm asking because I see how much you've struggled with the pallet jack and am wondering if it's easier to have a system in place for collecting the effluent periodically. Personally, I think the biogas is excellent but that the fertilizer has a higher value. If I can collect the fertilizer water say once a month and have a way to not make mess while doing it, that would perfect the system you designed- I think. Also, I know keeping the tanks at the right temperature for the bacteria to thrive is key to long term success, would you recommend using the insulation for smaller footprint systems or is active heating better? Can you make an update video talking about things you want to improve upon with your design? Talk about thermal mass and production efficiency results as you experienced them. Overall, I really enjoyed all your videos about the biogas generator. my favorite parts were when you described the science and then showed how to compress the gas safely. Thank you for making this series!
Hey mate, thanks for the kind words. In regards to draining/extracting the liquid fert, you just want to collect the overflow that comes out when feeding, make sure it has had that retention time. Ii personally like the ibc, bigger is better mentality, more stable temp, larger processing volume and more gas production, but my old 44g worked just fine too. Also nothing wrong with wrapping in insulation, is anything it might limit temp fluctuations. 👍
Thanks so much for putting your content out there. How much waste were you processing each month with that setup and was it just kitchen scraps or were you processing yard and farm waste too? I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while now and really enjoy your videos.
hey mate, sad to see it shut down but thanks for sharing all your learnings! very keen to see the upgrades you will build next time. Did the liquid coming out smell much?
Industrial plants have stirrers to make sure the digestate digests evenly, that was my aim to, but also to move any build up that may occur near the feed inlet 👍
I have not tried HomeBiogas nor it’s other products, It looks ok, same principles apply though, keeping up temps, what and how often you feed, if you need gas for everything ie, cooking, heater, shower, you may need more than 1m3 digester, especially if you have other people in the house.
@@OkAtEverything-ProAtNothing The main plan is to have solar and a small battery so being able to get some free energy for heat would really take the pressure off that battery instead of electric Cooktops and kettles etc I cant wait for you to out up a video of your new set up so I can get more ideas (probably going to buy a Chinese gas generator after seeing you use this gas directly in one)
