Design of Small Scale Anaerobic Digester for Application in Indian Village: A Review

Abhinav Krishna Singh, Dr Rajendra Kumar Kaushal

Proper choosing of design of anaerobic digester and estimation of it size is an important point in the successful implementation of anaerobic digester. The end users of anaerobic digester in most cases are farmers whose technical knowledge of the systems is limited. And there is a lack of information available on design methods for these systems. The goals of this study were to develop literature that could be used by laymen to decide the design and size of anaerobic digester. To develop a design formula that could be used for anaerobic digester sizing based on livestock waste availability. The case studies were conducted on three scales: one household, six households, and a village of 67 and 28 households. The biogas produced in case study for one household was0.44 m³, for six household was 2.60 m³, for Kapurpur village of 67 household was 11.33 m³.