My Biolectric 52kw AD Plant

Mucktogold

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Suffolk
Was given this leaflet, by a friend who went to a show last year. There is a 30 Kw generator to add to the 22 to get the 52 Kw.
When it says "Biogas (²) Purified biogas (34 MJ/m³)", does this mean scrubbed of H2S? Or is it more like natural gas?
 

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Chippy

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Cumbria
If anyone wants to see my biolectric 52kw digester then feel free. More farmers should be installing them. I'm very pleased with mine, I'm not up to full production yet and my lecy bill is a fraction of what it was. Looking forward to running at 100%! The digestate is very watery and it pumps very easily. Washes in faster than pure slurry as well. Currently getting some digestate analysed to see what fibre content it has and whether it is any good for pelleting and burning through biomass boilers. If it is then it could create another source of income. There's going to be an open day at mine soon if anyone's interested....
 
If anyone wants to see my biolectric 52kw digester then feel free. More farmers should be installing them. I'm very pleased with mine, I'm not up to full production yet and my lecy bill is a fraction of what it was. Looking forward to running at 100%! The digestate is very watery and it pumps very easily. Washes in faster than pure slurry as well. Currently getting some digestate analysed to see what fibre content it has and whether it is any good for pelleting and burning through biomass boilers. If it is then it could create another source of income. There's going to be an open day at mine soon if anyone's interested....

Enniskillen college have done research on this, they had pellets pressed from separated digestate, calorific value was good but they had a high ash content which meant they were no use with modern pellet boilers. You would do well to speak to them and find out their first hand experiences
 
If anyone wants to see my biolectric 52kw digester then feel free. More farmers should be installing them. I'm very pleased with mine, I'm not up to full production yet and my lecy bill is a fraction of what it was. Looking forward to running at 100%! The digestate is very watery and it pumps very easily. Washes in faster than pure slurry as well. Currently getting some digestate analysed to see what fibre content it has and whether it is any good for pelleting and burning through biomass boilers. If it is then it could create another source of income. There's going to be an open day at mine soon if anyone's interested....
Let us know when the open day is please.
 

Half Pipe

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If anyone wants to see my biolectric 52kw digester then feel free. More farmers should be installing them. I'm very pleased with mine, I'm not up to full production yet and my lecy bill is a fraction of what it was. Looking forward to running at 100%! The digestate is very watery and it pumps very easily. Washes in faster than pure slurry as well. Currently getting some digestate analysed to see what fibre content it has and whether it is any good for pelleting and burning through biomass boilers. If it is then it could create another source of income. There's going to be an open day at mine soon if anyone's interested....
do you only get liquid digestate?
or is there solids aswell?
 

Mucktogold

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Location
Suffolk
If anyone wants to see my biolectric 52kw digester then feel free. More farmers should be installing them. I'm very pleased with mine, I'm not up to full production yet and my lecy bill is a fraction of what it was. Looking forward to running at 100%! The digestate is very watery and it pumps very easily. Washes in faster than pure slurry as well. Currently getting some digestate analysed to see what fibre content it has and whether it is any good for pelleting and burning through biomass boilers. If it is then it could create another source of income. There's going to be an open day at mine soon if anyone's interested....
Thanks. be interesting to hear when you reach 52 Kw. How much electricity are you producing now?
 

Chippy

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Location
Cumbria
Well I should call it a 44kw really because that's the maximum it can produce. Currently producing 500kw/day with just 1 engine. 2nd engine having a part fitted tomorrow which will get it up and running again. Currently putting 20,000 litre/day in which will end up at around 30,000 in order to get the engines 24/7
 

Chippy

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Location
Cumbria
It holds 100,000 gallon of slurry. 30k is a guess but it's what the experts predict. I have partically good slurry so may be less for me
 

Chippy

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Location
Cumbria
It would be if I was putting 30k gallon in but I said 30k litres. Belgiums work in litres so the machine tells me in litres. Milking 150 cows now but about to expand to 180-200 depending on how many I need. Biolectric calculator says I need 180 judging by how my slurry analysed and what my cows yield
 
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Mucktogold

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Location
Suffolk
Well I should call it a 44kw really because that's the maximum it can produce. Currently producing 500kw/day with just 1 engine. 2nd engine having a part fitted tomorrow which will get it up and running again. Currently putting 20,000 litre/day in which will end up at around 30,000 in order to get the engines 24/7
My friend went to a Bioelectric open day few mnths ago and was told you had to be over 50 Kw for ROC and if less you can only get FITs.
I think we should be big enough for ROC, 70 to 80 Kw
 

Chippy

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Location
Cumbria
You can't get ROC's any more. I get ROC's because my generators are a 22kw and a 30kw but the plant won't produce 52kw unless really pushed. 44kw is what it's designed to produce really
 

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