An energy-rich gas of mostly methane and carbon dioxide, produced when anaerobic bacteria digest organic matter in landfills, manure digesters and waste treatment plants. Cleaned up to renewable natural gas it is fully interchangeable with fossil natural gas, so it can be injected into ordinary gas pipelines or fuel natural gas vehicles.
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Source Class First Commercial YearBiogas from a sewage treatment facility was used to fuel street lamps in Exeter, England, in 1895, the first known practical energy use of biogas; an earlier 1859 digestion plant at a leper colony in Bombay, India, treated waste without capturing the gas for fuel. Biogas
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Additional Source United States Energy Information Administration Official SiteBiomass explained, Landfill gas and biogas
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Source Wikipedia: Kværner process
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1. United States Energy Information Administration Official Site
US Energy Information AdministrationBiomass explained, Landfill gas and biogasQuote, Biomass explained, Landfill gas and biogas
Biogas is made up mostly of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2), with methane comprising 45%-65% depending on feedstock.
2. Penn State Extension
Pennsylvania State UniversityA Short History of Anaerobic Digestion
AD reached England in 1895 when biogas was recovered from a carefully designed sewage treatment facility and used to fuel street lamps in Exeter.
- Associated With: Biomass Energy
View the Source Wikipedia: Kværner process
Used By: Kvaerner Process, LeadQuote, Used By: Kvaerner Process, Lead
a method of producing carbon black and hydrogen gas from hydrocarbons such as methane, natural gas and biogas with no greenhouse gas pollution
Biogas (Wikipedia)
In Group: Bioenergy and Biofuels, LeadQuote, In Group: Bioenergy and Biofuels, Lead
Biogas is a renewable gaseous fuel generated from organic materials including agricultural residues, manure, municipal waste, plant matter, sewage, wastewater, green waste, and food waste.
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