Product: HomeBiogas 4

[Woody]

Never seen or heard of this, a but of a wallet buster at $1300 but would fit a niche if it works. Has anyone seen, heard, or used one?

https://www.homebiogas.com/product/homebiogas-4/

 

[Weedygarden]

There is a guy who has a YouTube channel who is an engineer. He has developed wood gasifiers for using wood to run his truck and running his whole farm.

 

[DrJenner]

It's interesting that one of the reviewers also use it for septic since they are off grid. And I would wonder if you can only use their stove, or could you tap into a regular propane stove?
We have been looking at the wood powered boilers as a second option to heat our off grid cabin, but given that this also takes care of compost, may be a great idea.

 

[Cabin Fever]

Biogas is very dirty and corrosive unless it is first scrubbed. I wouldn't use it to power any expensive gas burning household appliance.

 

[Magus]

I'd just use it as stove fuel.

 

[Tim Horton]

Trivia....
It has been some time ago now, but saw a report on the home digesters that appeared to be about a bath tub size or a bit bigger.. As I recall it was said they worked OK and would produce enough gas to make a meal for instance.. They seemed to have a slow recovery time and required a lot of time and attention to keep running at there best but limited capacity.. Like everything, I hope and presume they have improved a lot..

 

[Cabin Fever]

My first full-time job out of college was with the University of MN Agricultural Engineering Department. One of the projects I worked on was biogas research at a swine farm. We used a small heated digester to make biogas from the hog manure. The gas was stored in a huge Army surplus bag, the kind of bag that paratroopers used when practicing jumping from a tower. We piped the gas to a 30kw electrical generator. The generator drained that bag in 5 minutes.

 

[Peanut]

Here ya go! Build instructions from Fema! They know a lot about gas...

 

[Magus]

Back in 4-H we made methane in a 55-gallon steel drum and stored it in truck tire inner tubes. they fill up most of the way on their own, then you have to use a hand pump, AKA
Jerry rigged tire pump. you could cook all day on one tire if you watched yourself.

 

[Caribou]

It's interesting that one of the reviewers also use it for septic since they are off grid. And I would wonder if you can only use their stove, or could you tap into a regular propane stove?
We have been looking at the wood powered boilers as a second option to heat our off grid cabin, but given that this also takes care of compost, may be a great idea.

I'd want both natural gas and propane nozzles to see which worked best in your stove.

Biogas would require multiple digesters as there is a slow buildup and a slow finish to the process. Livestock would help the process. Biogas and wood gasifiers are both dirty fuels and require filtering.

 

[Biggkidd]

A homesteader just down the road uses one of the original versions, has the commode and all. He says they get an hour or two of gas for a single burner everyday. He's been using his several years and seems to like it.

 

[GreenAndSwirly]

I had looked into using one for a cabin but decided against it once seeing that they are permanent once put into use.
I like the idea but need something more temporary until a septic can be installed.

 

[Aerindel]

Looks like you would put a hole in it just by looking at it......covering the place it was in booth poop and fire.

 

[RJ2019]

I've always been fascinated by the idea of biogas digester. Not because of the volume of gas produced which wouldn't be a lot, but because it could be a really useful part of a closed loop system in handling waste and in the nutrient cycling process. I want to try one someday, just because I can.

 

[Mountain trapper]

For me it's pretty simple, I flush the toilet, it goes down a pipe to a big concrete tank, then out to a leach line.