Our Biogas Unit
The process of biogas development in the centre began in 1994 when the centre sent two
members of staff to China for a three-month training course in Biogas technology.
This, the centre has capability in the design and fabrication of family and commercial
bio-digesters.
Various capacities of bio-digesters that use animal dung, farm wastes and
brewery effluents have been developed and installed. They have proved that to be very efficient
in the generation of cooking gas for private and public outfits that engage in energy services.
The centre has also fabricated some efficient biogas burners (stoves) and is about into the next phase
of biogas technology which is on application of biogas in electricity generation and for
fuelling automobiles, i.e. using biogas as alternative to petrol an diesel fuels in internal combustion
engines.
Biogas slurry, a product of the biogas generation process has been used as fertilizer
for growing crops.
Specific Activities and Programmes
- Survey of different designs of family and commercial bio-digesters for degradation of various organic wastes.
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Construction techniques for different bio-digesters.
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Procurement of biomass/biogas research equipment.
- Optimization of construction techniques for various bio-digesters.
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Dissemination of biogas and bio-fuels technology in different homes, etc.
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Planning and organizing of international workshop on biogas production and its applications.
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Offering consultancy services to Non-Governmental Organizations, agro-based companies, breweries
in such areas as degradation of agro waste for biogas generation and bioconversion of palm oil sludge
for bio-fuels, etc.
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Optimization of various Solar Thermal systems developed in the Centre.
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Training of Scientists, Engineers, Technologists and Technicians on the
application and fabrication of solar thermal devices.
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Development and dissemination of solar thermal devices such as solar water heaters,
solar dryers, solar egg incubators, solar chicken brooders, solar still,
incinerators, etc.
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Development of market-ready solar photo-catalytic reactor for portable
water production.
