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Cow-Fired Boiler
ScottMP
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Your going to need some funnels, duct tape and some plastic hose .... How well do you know these cows ??
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Methane Gas
My neighbor has a lot of cows.
Is there a safe and relatively easy way to capture the gas from his manure pile?
And, if there is, could I safely put it in some sort of container and bring it back to my place to heat my home?
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Or Just Let
a few cows sleep in your home. They give off quite a bit of heat.0 -
Holy Cow!!!
This paints a "purdy" picture!!!0 -
Maybe
Ask a bioresources engineer. They love that kind of stuff. I have heard of putting manure from feedlots in a closed container and let it decompose to reduce impact on the environment. What I saw said something about capturing the gas for fuel, but it seems like the contaminants might destroy whatever was burning it pretty quickly. I'm not sure how many have tried it.
Homesteaders in North Dakota burned cow pies for fuel...
-Andrew0 -
The common people in India still burn cow pies for fuel. They scoop them up immediately and throw them against walls to dry. A haze of "dung smoke" hangs over many of their cities.0 -
Duct tape
Not sure that duct tape will stick to the cows.
Is there a better solution?0 -
I must say ,if the application....
of duct tape is an issue ...the Red and Green show might provide you with some excellent, informative and inspirational techniques.
i find them to be rather adroit at the entire deal ,from inception of invention thru application...0 -
Red Green
My favorite was when they took an old refrigerator and turned it into a portable ice fishing shack.
If my memory is correct I think they adhered shag carpeting to the walls for soundproofing, and, I think they used duct tape.
So, based on that use of duct tape, could a person assume that it might work on a cow?0 -
I think they can make bio-pellets out of the solid stuff which could be burned in a pellet stove or boiler. I'd go with burning the corn myself, not whats left over after its fed.0 -
From what I have heard, one way to do this is to cover the pile of manure with sealed sheet plastic. A hose is inserted and sealed through the plastic sheet to collect the methane. I assume there's a vacuum pump of some kind. The methane is then burned directly on site to generate electricity. In the Third World, there are a few containers that generate biogas using manure. I think they were installed by the Peace Corps. I saw a TV show on it once.0 -
No Problem
Hey,
What's the problem??
Other people do things like that.
See the photo. I think that tube would fit up the cow's,,,,
oh well, never mind.
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Red Green
Did you see the movie when they ran out of duct tape? I've never seen Red so freaked out before. It was hysterical! I wanna marry him.0 -
great
That's a great picture. I can just imagine the person in the back lighting up a smoke....0 -
Paper or Plastic
Do you know where I can get one of those bags?
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Source for Gas Bag
I wonder if Grainger sells the gas bags.
Look them up in their book under "K",,,,,, for Ka-boom.
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Gas bag
The trick is to fill the bag from your neighbors meter while he is sleeping, then when you need heat simply squeeze the bag into your system. Easy as pie Ha Ha Ha!!0 -
moo doo
i believe the is a company in vermont called moo doo, that sells moo doo dirt and fertilizer. but they put the doo int a large digester capture the methane for the generators,and the black gold that comes out of the pile is sold at most garden centers.........check it out.........0 -
Digesters
Do a google for methane digesters. They're an established technology and provide power at many sewage plants. No BS.
http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/energy_methane.shtml
http://www.green-trust.org/methane.htm0 -
At one of the sewage treatment plants in LA they capture the methane, pipe it to the power plant next store and save about 6 million a year in energy costs. Now thats a gas!0
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