Adoption of Biogas Technology to Ordinary Pit Latrines in Uganda.

The highest population of Ugandans live in rural areas. This segment of population is mainly dependent on use of biomass consisting of firewood, charcoal, straw, crop residues to meet its energy demand for cooking and other domestic needs. The aim of this project is to provide detailed analysis of h...

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Main Author: Kibet, Benson
Format: Thesis
Published: Kabale University 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/1313
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description The highest population of Ugandans live in rural areas. This segment of population is mainly dependent on use of biomass consisting of firewood, charcoal, straw, crop residues to meet its energy demand for cooking and other domestic needs. The aim of this project is to provide detailed analysis of how to generate biogas energy from ordinary pit latrine. To achieve this, the existing pit latrines were first studied, and then different biogas technologies were also studied. An appropriate technology was then selected and the design equations covering the volume of the digester, inlet and outlet chambers were developed considering the shape of the digester. The final layout of biogas pit latrine was developed. This study was motivated due to inefficient exploitation of biogas from ordinary pit latrines. The developed layout ofbiogas pit latrine has been found to be appropriate for biogas production using human waste as substrate. Proper sealing of the gas storage facility is emphasized to avoid leakage and occasional maintenance is highly encouraged.
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spelling oai:idr.kab.ac.ug:20.500.12493-13132024-01-30T07:47:15Z Adoption of Biogas Technology to Ordinary Pit Latrines in Uganda. Kibet, Benson The highest population of Ugandans live in rural areas. This segment of population is mainly dependent on use of biomass consisting of firewood, charcoal, straw, crop residues to meet its energy demand for cooking and other domestic needs. The aim of this project is to provide detailed analysis of how to generate biogas energy from ordinary pit latrine. To achieve this, the existing pit latrines were first studied, and then different biogas technologies were also studied. An appropriate technology was then selected and the design equations covering the volume of the digester, inlet and outlet chambers were developed considering the shape of the digester. The final layout of biogas pit latrine was developed. This study was motivated due to inefficient exploitation of biogas from ordinary pit latrines. The developed layout ofbiogas pit latrine has been found to be appropriate for biogas production using human waste as substrate. Proper sealing of the gas storage facility is emphasized to avoid leakage and occasional maintenance is highly encouraged. 2023-07-14T07:09:07Z 2023-07-14T07:09:07Z 2022 Thesis Kibet, Benson (2022). Adoption of Biogas Technology to Ordinary Pit Latrines in Uganda. Kabale: Kabale University. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/1313 application/pdf Kabale University
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title_full Adoption of Biogas Technology to Ordinary Pit Latrines in Uganda.
title_fullStr Adoption of Biogas Technology to Ordinary Pit Latrines in Uganda.
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title_short Adoption of Biogas Technology to Ordinary Pit Latrines in Uganda.
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