Feasibility study of utilizing biogas from urban waste

Author

Ahsan, Asif ; Chowdhury, Shahriar Ahmed

Author_Institution

United Int. Univ., Dhaka, Bangladesh

fYear

2012

fDate

5-7 Jan. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper investigates the possibility of utilizing household generated biomass as a source of renewable energy to meet partial energy demand in the urban household in Bangladesh. The work proposes utilization of biogas generated by anaerobic digestion from urban waste using a small scale biogas digester. Three different systems that use biogas for operation, namely - gas operated light bulbs, gas cooking stoves and dual fuel hybrid generator (a generator which runs on both biogas and diesel) for electricity is considered in this work. A cost comparison has been done between the conventional household appliances and stated biogas appliances.

Keywords

biofuel; domestic appliances; renewable energy sources; waste; Bangladesh; biogas appliances; conventional household appliances; dual fuel hybrid generator; gas cooking stoves; gas operated light bulbs; renewable energy sources; small scale biogas digester; urban waste; Biomass; Cities and towns; Fuels; Generators; Humans; Production; Solids; Bangladesh; biogas; feasibility; household; urban;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Developments in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET), 2012 2nd International Conference on the

Conference_Location

Dhaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0463-4

Type

conf

Filename

6153504