DESIGN AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

OF
BIOGAS PILOT PROJECT IN LEKHNATH, KASKI

(DRAFT CALCULATION REPORT)

Prepared by:

Kaushal Chandra G.C.

(ANNAPURNA URJA BIKASH PVT.LTD.)
DESIGN OF PILOT BIOGAS PLANT
Size of Plant : 50 m3 (Gas Production)

Input Substrate : Mixed (Corn, Water hyacinth and Vegetable waste)

Digester Type : Plug flow (Modified water tank design)

Location of Plant : Budibazzar, Lekhnath Municipality-12.

Basic Criteria : Temperature-37, HRT- 40 Day, DS (dry Solid) Value-8%, PH Value: 7

WASTES AND
PROPERTIES
OLR Biogas CH4
(kgVS/m3 VS (%of yield Biogas yield content
C:N ratio day) TS% TS) (m3/kg VS) (m3/kg) %
Kitchen/MSW 0.051 0.75
waste 29 1.4 15% 89% 0.381
1 2 3 4

Corn stalk 60 4 35% 96% 0.34 0.114 0.65

5 6 7

Water
hyacinth 25 4 17%
8
83%
9
0.15
10
0.021 0.69

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2. 3. Bioenergy conversion studies of organic fraction of MSW: kinetic studies and gas yield–organic loading
relationships for process optimisation M.S. Rao, S.P. Singh *Biomass and Waste Management Laboratory, School of
Energy and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Engineering Sciences,Devi Ahilya University, Khandwa Road Campus,
Indore, MP PIN––452 017, Ind Received 24 July 2003

4.Anaerobic Digestion of Vegetable Wastes for Biogas Production in a Fed-Batch Reactor B. Velmurugan and R. Alwar
Ramanujam Environmental Technology Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Central Leather
Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai – 600 020, India.

5. 6. Biogas Production from Maize Grains and Maize Silage Miroslav Hutňan, Viera Špalková, Igor Bodík, Nina Kolesárová,
Michal Lazor Department of Environmental Engineering, Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of
Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

7. A. M. BUSWELL, Chief W. D. HATFIELD, Editor BULLETIN NO. 32 ,ANAEROBIC FERMENTATIONS

8. Anaerobic co-digestion of water hyacinth with primary sludge,Patil J. H.*, Molayan Lourdu Antony Raj, Bhargav S. and
Sowmya S. R.,Department of Chemical Engineering, R V College of Engineering, Bangalore,INDIA.

9. 10. Anaerobic co-digestion of water hyacinth with primary sludge,Patil J. H.*, Molayan Lourdu Antony Raj, Bhargav S.
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GAS PRODUCTION/
UTILIZATION

Biogas Gas Methane

C:N Daily yield production Methane gas VS load
ratio input(kg) (m3/kg) (m3/day) % (m3/day) TS% VS% (kg/day)
Kitchen/Vegetable
waste 29 130 0.05 6.58 0.75 4.93 0.15 0.89 17.26
corn stalk 60 350 0.11 39.84 0.65 25.89 0.35 0.96 117.36
Water hyacinth 25 200 0.02 4.20 0.69 2.90 0.17 0.83 27.99
Total 680 50.61 33.72 162.60
TOO
C/N ratio 36.50 HIGH
DS(%) 25.85 DO NOT MAKE THICK
MAKE DILUTE

DESIGN AND
OUTPUTS

Total waste= 680 Kg

DS (%) 25.85
DS required (%) = 8%

Digester feeding= 175.78 kg Ds/Day

Water added= 2197.25 l/day

Digester feeding= 2877.25 l/day

2.87725 m3/day
DIGESTER SIZE
Biogas
Digester Digester Storage Gas storage plant
feeding(m3/day) HRT(Days) volume(m3) time(hr) vol.(m3) Size(m3)
2.87725 40 115.09 0 0 115.1

DESIGN OUTPUTS

Wet substrates Substrate Digester Water

load(l/day) DS(%) Ds(%) required C/N ratio
2877.25 25.85 8% 2197.25 36.50
 Digester
slurry Manure
Digester dry wet Digester Manure production
slurry(kgsd/day) (kg/day) slurry DS% DS% (kg/day)
175.78 2877.25 6.11% 15% 1171.87

USES OF GAS AND CALCULATIONS

Gas produced= 50.61 m3
Thermal value of Biogas= 22 MJ/m3
Thermal value of lpg = 46.3 Mj/kg
Electrical value of Diesel= 2.5 kwh/lit
Electrical conversion efficiency= 20%
Thermal conversion efficiency= 40%
Gas utilization factor= 90%
Gas to electricity= 0.65 m3/kwh
Gas density methane= 0.72 kg/m3
Biogas for lighting = 0.15 m3/person
Biogas for cooking = 0.3 m3/person

Gas Methane energy Max Max Thermal

No. of gas Electricity
production production content heat electricity value of
cylinder/Day output
(m3/day) (m3/day) of gas output output lpg

MJ/day Kw kw kwh MJ/kg nos. kwh

50.61 33.72 1113.404 12.89 5.15 61.91 46.30 1.7 0.00
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

A) COST
CIVIL COST 829775.97
ANCILLIARY
COST
Storage yard 291282.40
Transportation truck 0 hire
Chopper/ Mixing 65000
Pumps 45000
Agitator ,Pipes and fittings 84668.83
Valve and instruments 20100
Engine generator set 0
Gas compressor 100000
Heating system 1021312.98
Gas container/ gas bags 936126.67
Office building and facilities 273841.30
2837332.17
SUBSIDY 0
OPERATION AND MAINTANANCE
Collection and transportation of substrate 22480.80 per month
Water/Electricity 1000 per month
Man power(manager+workers) 30000 per month
Distribution cost(Gas+Electricity) 795.01 per month
Manure distribution 38741.91 per month
Maintanance and repair 11822.22 per month
Total 104839.94 per month
1258079.3 Per year
REVENUE
SALES
GAS ELECTRICITY
No. of cylinder per month 51.29 Unit produced per month
Cost of cylinder 1500.00 Nrs. price of electicity
Sales per month 76941.92 Nrs. Sales per month
Sales per year 923303.01 Nrs. Sales per year

Manure
Production 1171.87 kg/day
Sales rate 4.00 kg
Sales per month 140624.00 Nrs.
Sales per year 1687488.00 Nrs.
Total revenue 217565.92 per month
2610791.01 per year
B) ANALYSIS
Summary of cost and revenue Nrs.
CIVIL COST 829775.97
ANCILLIARY COST 2837332.17

OPERATION AND MAINTANANCE 1258079.32 Per/year

104839.94 Per/Month
REVENUE 2610791.01 per/year
217565.92 Per/Month
NET REVENUE 1352711.70 Per/year
112725.97 Per/Month
DCSR RATIO 1.3
Financial plan
TOTAL INVESTMENT 3667108.15
EQUITY 0.00 0.00%
EXTRA INVESTMENT 0.00%
THERMAL SUBSIDY 0.00 0.00%
ELECTRICAL SUBSIDY 0.00 0.00%
LOAN 3667108.15 100.00%
100.00%

Analysis
Maximum loan permissible 86712.29 Per/Month
Interest rate 8.0%
Payment per year 12
Loan pay back period 12 OK
Rate per period 0.67%
Payment no.: 144

Monthly payment 39694.71 Per Month

Yearly variables

Year Payment interest Principle

1 476336.48 286508.49 189828.00
2 476336.48 270752.86 205583.63
3 476336.48 253689.52 222646.97
4 476336.48 235209.93 241126.55
5 476336.48 215196.54 261139.94
6 476336.48 193522.06 282814.43
7 476336.48 170048.60 306287.88
 8 476336.48 144626.86 331709.63
9 476336.48 117095.12 359241.36
10 476336.48 87278.26 389058.22
11 476336.48 54986.62 421349.86
12 476336.48 20014.79 456321.69
13 0.00 0.00 0.00
14 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 0.00 0.00 0.00

Cash flow
Year Cash flow Cumilative remarks
1 -3667108.15 -3667108.15
2 876375.21 -2790732.94
3 876375.21 -1914357.72
4 876375.21 -1037982.51
5 876375.21 -161607.30
6 876375.21 714767.92
7 876375.21 1591143.13
8 876375.21 2467518.34
9 876375.21 3343893.55
10 876375.21 4220268.77
11 876375.21 5096643.98
12 876375.21 5973019.19
13 876375.21 6849394.40
14 1352711.70 8202106.10
15 1352711.70 9554817.80

Indicators

MARR 12.00%
TIME 15 yrs

NPV 2096684.02
IRR 23%
B/C ratio 1.6
Pay Back period 5.18 yrs