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Biogas 2: Building a better biogas unit

Better Farming Series, no. 32 (1986)

Year of publication 1986

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 60 p.

Author Animal Production and Health Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

ISBN 92-5-102392-1

Series title FAO Better Farming Series

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Following on the first course in Better Farming Series no. 31,Biogas, this course, Biogas 2, teaches the farmer how to improve the equipment used in biogas production and use. The course delivers information on how to build a smaller unit, cleaning the oil drum, testing for leaks, preparing hte gas holder, the waste materials, the time, the temperature, scum and what to do with the biogas that s produced.

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