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George David Raj, |
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| Address |
Kollan vilai, Poovan Kodu Verkilambi Post |
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Kanyakumari District. |
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| Title |
Biogas through Cow Urine |
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George David Raj has been using the gas emanating from cow urine for cooking purposes for the last three years. George stumbled on this idea when he was constructing a bio-gas plant. He made a pit to drain the cow urine and covered it with a cement slab to avoid the odour and insect breeding. When he opened the pit, he felt strong odor. At that time he was smoking and put the cigarette butt along with paddy straw over the pit. The straw burst into flame. This suggested the possibility of using cow’s urine as cooking fuel.
Cow urine is directly drained from the yard into a 11 feet deep tank. When the tank is nine feet full, the excess urine is let off through the two outlet tanks on either side into the garden, where it is used as manure. The gas formed from the urine is stored in the extra space in the tank and is conveyed through a regulated valve mechanism, directly into the kitchen. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee, 16(4):14, 2005 |
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| Call Number |
16403 |
